“…In the previous studies, Ononis species have been shown to possess antimicrobial (Mahasneh and El-Oqlah, 1999;AbdelKader, 2001;Altanlar et al, 2006;Al-Bakri and Afifi, 2007), anti-inflammatory (Bremner et al, 2009(Bremner et al, ), antioxidant (Ç oban et al, 2003Tawaha et al, 2007), analgesic (Tulaikin and Bakhtina, 2006;Yılmaz et al, 2006), diuretic (Kassem et al, 1997;Tulaikin and Bakhtina, 2006), cytotoxic and antitumor effects (Leallau and Liebezeit, 2003).…”