SEA BUCKTHORN – A PRODUCT INTEGRATED IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Gabriela Vlăsceanu () and Nicole-Livia Petculescu ()
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Gabriela Vlăsceanu: Bioterra University, Bucharest
Nicole-Livia Petculescu: Bioterra University, Bucharest Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești”, Bucharest Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 293-302

Abstract: Sea buckthorn is a shrub able to prevent soil erosion and increase soil fertility, as it assimilates atmospheric nitrogen directly in the roots, and also serves as an economic source of food and medicine. Research conducted has shown that sea buckthorn leaves, fruits, and shoots contain a number of biologically active substances with an essential role in regulating the metabolism. It is very popular for its golden-orange fruits, which provide vitamins and other nutrients (flavonoids and a number of oils rich in essential fatty acids). The present paper shows that the residues from the primary processing of sea buckthorn fruits are still rich in minerals, vitamins, fatty acids and thus become a valuable raw material for further processing into premixes (used for livestock feeding) and for phyto-pharmaceutical products (food supplements). Sea buckthorn is a huge natural resource with extraordinary economic value, useful for business in rural areas and in the production of organic products, environmental protection, and biotechnology.

Keywords: sea buckthorn; nutraceutical value; economic value. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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