Its scientific name is: hippophaes Latin: (Hippophae rhamnoides). It flourishes even in poorer soils, depending on the microclimate of each region, is found in coastal areas but also in mountainous areas. The fruits are like grape, orange and juicy with a slightly sour flavor. This is one of the oldest plants on Earth. Its presence dates back long before the ice age
Russian and Chinese scientists put hippophaes in the top ten of the most potent therapeutic plants in the world. They argue that hippophaes contains more vitamin C from strawberries, kiwi, orange, tomato, carrot, and hawthorn. Also, they claim that the content of vitamin E is higher than that of wheat, corn and soybeans and that phytosterols containing far exceed those of soybean oil.
Furthermore, hippophaes has all the B vitamins and all essential for the body and trace metals. And not only that. Provides also the many unsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3, omega-6, omega-7 and omega-9..Hippophaes has strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgesic and healing effect. For all these reasons, it is used as a dietary supplement ingredient of pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations, and its fruit juices and jams manufactured.as unchanged medication for a variety of diseases.
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