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  The main components of olive leaf extract are iridoid bitter substances, with the highest activity being oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol. It is widely used in health care products and cosmetics. Olive leaf extract has full effect on infectious and malignant microorganisms. It can stop attacks such as common cold and other viral diseases, fungus, mold and yeast invasion, mild and severe bacterial infection and native type parasite infection. 

   Not only is it preventive, olive leaf extract provides a safe and effective treatment in the fight against microorganisms. Olive nucleus is also related to cardiovascular health, and the rate of cardiovascular diseases among residents in Mediterranean dietary pattern areas is lower. Research also proves that the extract only attacks pathogens and is harmless to human symbiotic intestinal bacteria, which is another advantage over artificial antibiotics.

Olive leaf extract mainly comes from olive tree ( latin name: Olea europaea L ). The English name is olive, also known as olive, oleander and aleb. Olea europaea leaf extract is an evergreen tree belonging to Olea genus of Oleaceae. It is a world-famous woody oil and fruit tree species. The cultivated variety has high edible value and is rich in high-quality edible vegetable oil. Olea europaea leaf extract is a famous subtropical fruit tree and an important economic tree. Olive leaf extract is broad leaf, single leaf opposite, upper flower white, corolla 4 - lobed, male and female 2, ovary 2 - loculed, ovule 2 per locule, drupe oily, oval.

There are as many as 500 varieties of olive leaf extract and about 140 varieties are widely planted. 

   Olive trees has strong growth ability, drought tolerance and light preference, and is mainly distributed in Euro - Mediterranean coastal countries and California region of the United States, with Greece, Italy, Tunisia and Spain as the concentrated producing areas. At present, all the countries in the world have introduced and cultivated them, and they were introduced to China at least in the 1950s. Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan and other provinces and cities in western and northwest China have introduced and cultivated them.

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