MULBERRY: Protecting and astringent
Mulberry is a fruit with a pleasant astringent acid taste and is obtained from the mulberry tree, a bush belonging to the Moraceae family originally from ancient Persian and the Caucasus region. The mulberry tree has been used as a food source by man since antiquity and is also known for its antihelminitic (peel), antiinflammatory and astringent (leaves and fruit) properties. Mulberries are rich in mucilages, organic acids, sugars, anthocyanidin flavonoids and mineral salts such as potassium, magnesium, calcium and manganese, and possesses protecting and astringent properties.