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Some Wild Elaeagnus Species: Overview, Description, Biochemistry, and Utilization

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Elaeagnaceae are worldwide distributed plant which native mainly to subtropical regions of Asia, North America, southeastern Europe and Australia. The use of Elaeagnus has been known for a long time, in addition to fresh consumption, many species of Elaeagnus are widely used in Juice, herbal tea, wine, soup, sauce, dessert, candy, pudding, ice cream topping, fruit leather, jam and jelly. Along with their edible values, many species of Elaeagnus including Elaeagnus triflora, Elaeagnus umbellate, Elaeagnus Pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia L., Elaeagnus x ebbingei and Elaeagnus multiflora has multiple used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, antipyretic, analgesic, astringent and antiulcer agent. Many Elaeagnus species have shown as rich in many bioactive components and known as strongly tanniniferous as well as many other compounds including indole alkaloids, sinapinic acid, flavonols, pentacyclic triterpenes and L-quebrachit. Wild Elaeagnus plants provides wildlife cover and introduce many environmental benefits for biodiversity maintenance and revegetation process. Many species has ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen and has very important role for the process of soil erosion prevention.

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Abdalla, T.E. (2019). Some Wild Elaeagnus Species: Overview, Description, Biochemistry, and Utilization. In: Mariod, A. (eds) Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7_38

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