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    1. In Algeria, Mo-rocco, and the eastern USA, acorn oil has been used forcooking and as a salve for burns and injuries [1]. In Jordan,acorns have been traditionally used either as food directly oras an ingredient in products such as bread production [2]. InEurope, acorns are usually used as a feed source for free-ranging wild animals, especially the Iberian pigs [3],

      [1] D. Bainbridge, Acorns as Food: Oak Bibliography #1, pp. 22-23, Sierra Nature Prints, Twain Harte, CA, USA, 1985.

      [2] W. M. Al-Rousan, R. Y. Ajo, K. M. Al-Ismail, A. Attlee, R. R. Shaker, and T. M. Osaili, “Characterization of acorn fruit oils extracted from selected Mediterranean Quercus species,” Grasas y Aceites, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 554–560, 2013.

      [3] E. Cantos, J. C. Esp ́ın, C. L ́opez-Bote, L. de la Hoz, J. A. Ord ́oñez, and F. A. Tom ́as-Barber ́an, “Phenolic com- pounds and fatty acids from acorns (Quercus.spp.), the main dietary constituent of free-ranged Iberian pigs,” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 21, pp. 6248– 6255, 2003