NUTRITIONAL CONCENTRATION VALUES OF FIELD LARKSPUR (Consolida regalis) CONSUMED AS PURPLE MINT IN SİVAS

The Ranunculaceae family contain 50 to 60 genera and 2,500 species. Some plants belonging to this family are highly poisonous and are used as herbal medicines or spices (Bruneton, 1999; Ipor and Oyen, 1999; Heywood et al., 2007; Kokoska et al., 2012). The Consolida regalis Gray is from family of Ranunculaceae (Bitiş et al., 2006). Consolida regalis grow on sandy or chalky soils at about 0–1,200 metres above sea level. It grows up on about 30–80 centimetres and the stem is erect. This plant is tolerant drought. The flowers of Consolida regalis consist with five to eight hermaphrodite flowers. the color of the flowers varies between dark blue and purple with five sepals (Anonymous, 2022). As a self-fertile plant, and the flowers which contain diterpenoid alkaloids (Anonymous, 2017). The alkaloids they contain of Consolida species cause them to be toxic. This toxicity can cause neurotoxic, muscle system spasms and even death (Meriçli et al., 2001; Gonz´alez et al., 2005; Bitiş et al., 2006). Thanks to the alkaloids it contains, consolida when used in appropriate amounts, have effects in analgesic balms, sedatives, emetics and anthelmintics (Meriçli et al., 2001; Ulubelen et al., 2001).