Mastic from Chios
A unique natural product with many beneficial properties and various uses have been known since antiquity. Today it is used in the pharmaceutical, industrial and cosmetic perfume distillery, cooking and baking. Mastic is a natural resin of the tree pistacia lentiscus var Chia, which grows only on the island of Chios.
Category: Confectionery
Product code: 47-4127
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According to scientific studies, the mastic has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and healing action with beneficial effects on oral hygiene, the function of the gastrointestinal tract and skin care.
Experiments of professor of biochemistry at the University of Athens Angeliki Triantafyllou-Pitidi and associates showed that the mastic maintains low prices of triglycerides and lowers cholesterol, uric acid and sugar.