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centrifugation; economic impact; environmental impact; extra-virgin olive oil; heat; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing; market prices; milling; olives; profitability
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... Advances in the adoption of technological innovations represent a great driver to improve the competitiveness of the Italian extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) industry. This work assesses the efficiency of an innovative extraction plant (with low oxidative impact, heating of paste before malaxation and a special decanter that avoids the final vertical centrifugation) in terms of oil yield and quality, ...
Mediterranean diet; business enterprises; byproducts; circular economy; extra-virgin olive oil; issues and policy; markets; olive oil mills; olives; Italy; Spain
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... Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) is one of the most popular products in Mediterranean diet. Spain produces about 52% of olive oil with the presence of larger firms; Italy follows with a share of 9% and a production structure characterized instead by small family businesses. A social analysis, based on a multiple-questionnaire, has analyzed the perspectives of 500 consumers conferring their olives to ...
... Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common female endocrine disorder and is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. Obesity, low-grade chronic inflammatory status, and insulin-resistance (IR) often coexist in PCOS. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is an anti-inflammatory dietary pattern, which is rich in complex carbohydrates and fiber, and high in monou ...
... The mislabelling of agricultural and food products is one of the most common types of food fraud. Despite the frequency with which labelling fraud occurs, there is no empirical framework to study its welfare implications, the probability that it may occur, and the measures that can limit its occurrence. We present an empirical framework to study the economic consequences of food labelling fraud in ...
... In this study, a choice experiment was performed to investigate consumer preferences and willingness to pay for a set of eco-labels on extra-virgin olive oil. Specifically, we tested three types of eco-labels indicating that the olive oil was (i) obtained from ancient trees, (ii) produced in mountainous areas, and (iii) obtained with sustainable water use. These three different eco-labels were ana ...
... This paper proposes to use chromatographic fingerprints coupled to multivariate techniques to authenticate the geographical origin of extra-virgin olive oils (EVOO) of the Arbequina botanical variety. This methodology uses the whole or part of the chromatogram as input data for the classification models but does not identify or quantify the chemicals constituents.Arbequina monovarietal EVOOs from ...
... A newly modified electrode based on glassy carbon (GC) has been prepared and characterized electrochemically for application in electroanalytical chemistry. In particular, a GC screen-printed electrode (SPE) has been modified with nanostructures, namely multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and TiO2 nanoparticles, and combined with a new generation of eco-friendly room-temperature ionic liquids ...
Lucía Melguizo-Rodríguez; Francisco Javier Manzano-Moreno; Rebeca Illescas-Montes; Javier Ramos-Torrecillas; Elvira de Luna-Bertos; Concepción Ruiz; Olga García-Martínez
... The phenolic compounds of extra-virgin olive oil can act at various levels to protect individuals against cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and osteoporosis, among others. Polyphenols in extra-virgin olive oil can stimulate the proliferation of osteoblasts, modify their antigen profile, and promote alkaline phosphatase synthesis. The objective of this work was to determine the ...
... Over the last few years, the origin of the local product has played a central role in consumer choices. This study explores what Italian consumers want and look for when purchasing olive oil by combining a web-based survey and a perceived analysis technique. In particular, preferences for different olive oil attributes as well as the psychographic traits of respondents were revealed through a web- ...
... Centrifugation, storage, and filtration of olive oil were evaluated in an oil mill to determine their effect on the final quality of virgin olive oil. The main functions of these processes are to clarify the olive oil by removing water, solids, and other possible suspended particles. Although some changes were detected in the oil quality parameters after these processes, all the samples were extra ...
... In this study, a Mobile Olive Oil Processing Unit (TEM Oliomio 500-2GV, Italy) was designed and used for cold press extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) production at optimum conditions. Local olive varieties “Beylik, Tavşan Yüreği, Uslu and Saurani in Antalya, Manisa, and Hatay provinces of Turkey were investigated in the present study. EVOO was stored before and after paper filtration. Generally, no si ...
... The chemical and sensory characteristics of the extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) produced in the Spanish regions of Castilla‐La Mancha and Extremadura according to the protected designation of origin (PDO) quality scheme of the European Union are reviewed. This zone is the second in importance in Spain after the southern region of Andalusia. A total PDO olive trees cultivated surface of 694 800 ha, ...
chemometrics; cultivars; data collection; diodes; extra-virgin olive oil; least squares; liquid chromatography; models; principal component analysis
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... Second-order data acquired using liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array detector were used to classify extra virgin olive oils samples according to their cultivars. The chromatographic fingerprints from the epoxidised fraction were obtained using normal-phase liquid chromatography. To reduce the data matrices two strategies were employed: (1) multivariate curve resolution-alternating least ...
... The variability in carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of the main olive oil fatty acids, together with their relative contents, have been measured in 60 monovarietal olive oils, produced from plants grown in the same orchard and harvested at five ripening stages. The fatty acid content was mainly influenced by the cultivar, without significant changes during ripening. On the contrary, the fatty aci ...
... The objective of this study was to evaluate high power ultrasound (HPU) treatment before malaxation and control of oxygen during malaxation on extraction efficiency and quality of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). HPU treatment (150 W and 20 kHz, 13.5 kJ kg−1) was followed by controlling headspace oxygen concentrations (2%, 5%, 10%, and 21% (control)) during malaxation. Oil yield and various oxidativ ...
Theodora Nikou; Vasiliki Liaki; Panagiotis Stathopoulos; Aimilia D. Sklirou; Eleni N. Tsakiri; Thomas Jakschitz; Günther Bonn; Ioannis P. Trougakos; Maria Halabalaki; Leandros A. Skaltsounis
... Olive oil is widely accepted as a superior edible oil. Great attention has been given lately to olive oil polyphenols which are linked to significant health beneficial effects. Towards a survey of Greek olive oil focusing on polyphenols, representative extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) from the main producing areas of the country and the same harvesting period have been collected and analyzed. Signi ...
2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; antioxidant activity; bioactive compounds; carotenoids; chemometrics; coenzyme Q10; cultivars; digestion; extra-virgin olive oil; gastrointestinal system; human cell lines; in vitro digestion; in vitro studies; pigments; reactive oxygen species
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... The health benefits of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) are related to its chemical composition and the presence of bioactive compounds with antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate antioxidant compounds (pigments, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and phenolic compounds) and antioxidant properties of EVOO from the same region comparing different cultivars (Hojiblanca an ...
Naiane Miriam Malherbi; Ana Camila Schmitz; Remili Cristiani Grando; Ana Paula Bilck; Fábio Yamashita; Luciano Tormen; Farayde Matta Fakhouri; José Ignacio Velasco; Larissa Canhadas Bertan
... The guabiroba pulp (GP) has natural antioxidant compounds, such as phenolic compounds and ascorbic acid. The aim of this work was to produce an active biodegradable film based on blends of gelatin (GEL) and corn starch (NCS) and activated with GP, for application as package for extra-virgin olive oil, as a sachet. For that, the effect of blends composition was first evaluated in passive films, and ...
... Monovarietal extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) from Olea europea trees grown in the same experimental orchard have been characterized by Raman spectroscopy combined with chemometrics. Linear discriminant analysis of the EVOO Raman spectra correctly classified up to 94.4% of samples, as a function of the cultivar, at four different maturation stages. The sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy to the oil c ...
... This study reports the blending at different levels (25, 30, 35, 40 and 45%) of Perilla seed oil (PO) with extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Pure oils and blends were evaluated in terms of free acidity, peroxide value, fatty acid composition, sterols, tocopherols and biophenols content, oxidation stability, sensory acceptability and food pairing. Blends with high content of ω − 3 and ω − 6 fatty acid ...
case studies; crop production; engineering; equipment; experts; extra-virgin olive oil; occupational health and safety; olives; processing time; prototypes; washing
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... This paper suggests an approach based on usability engineering, used to assess the usability of machines and plants in the agrofood industry, aiming to enhance machines efficacy, efficiency and safety with a development focused on users’ needs. Furthermore, the article examines the validation of the suggested approach through its application in a case study regarding a washing machine for the prod ...
... This work aims at evidencing the quality and chemical composition of extra virgin olive oils according to stages of maturity and in relation to the geographical location of olives. Three different olive cultivars (Moroccan Picholine, Languedoc Picholine, and Frantoio), grown in two different locations in Morocco (Errachidia and Marrakech), were studied during the two crop years (2016 and 2017) at ...
... The effect of bag-in-box (B) packaging material on quality characteristics of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) was studied as a function of storage time (0–120 days) and temperature (22 °C and 37 °C). Olive oil packaged in tin-plated steel (S) containers served as control. Olive oil sampling was carried out every 20 days, assessing quality deterioration by monitoring multiple quality parameters: acid ...
Alejandro Fernández; Lorena Mazuecos; Cristina Pintado; Blanca Rubio; Virginia López; Alain J. de Solís; María Rodríguez; Antonio Andrés; Nilda Gallardo
... Ageing is a major risk factor for the development of metabolic disorders linked to dyslipidemia, usually accompanied by increased adiposity. The goal of this work was to investigate whether avoiding an excessive increase in adiposity with ageing, via moderate chronic food restriction (FR), ameliorates postprandial dyslipidemia in a rat model of metabolic syndrome associated with ageing. Accordingl ...
acid hydrolysis; caffeic acid; colorimetry; extra-virgin olive oil; high performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; oleuropein
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... Despite the huge number of different published methodologies, there is an open debate regarding which one is the most convenient analytical strategy for the determination of phenolic compounds from virgin olive oils. Diverse technical issues together with the disparity of criteria regarding results expression cause a lot of confusion. Herewith, a systematic comparison between specific (a powerful ...
... Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) from Mediterranean were analyzed by Ultraviolet–Visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy and Independent Component Analysis (ICA). The use of ICA resolution provided information over dienes (primary oxidation compound), polyphenolic compounds, tocopherol, carotenoids and chlorophylls when EVOO was evaluated by UV–Vis spectroscopy. Based on these data, ICA could be used to determ ...
... Experimental and clinical findings suggest that olive oil has a protective effect, whereas oleic acid consumption induces colorectal cancer (CRC). Considering this apparent contradiction and that olive oil is a complex mix of fatty acids, mainly oleic acid and minor compounds such as phenolic compounds, lignans, hydrocarbons, and triterpenes, we study its effects on intestinal epithelial cell grow ...
... In extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) extraction process, the occurrence of yeasts that could affect the quality of olive oil was demonstrated. Therefore, in this work, at first, the yeasts occurring during different extractive processes carried out in a Tuscany oil mill, at the beginning, in the middle, and the end of the harvesting in the same crop season, were quantified. Then, possible effects on q ...
Cristina Conde; Begoña M. Escribano; Evelio Luque; Montserrat Feijóo; Javier Caballero-Villarraso; Manuel E. Valdelvira; Juan J. Ochoa-Sepúlveda; Rafael Lillo; Elier Paz; Abel Santamaría; Eduardo Agüera; Isaac Túnez
... This study reveals the existence of oxidative stress (reactive oxygen species (ROS)) in non-nervous organs and tissues in multiple sclerosis (MS) by means of a model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rats. This model reproduces a similar situation to MS, as well as its relationship with intestinal microbiota starting from the changes in bacterial lipopolysaccharide levels (LPS) ...
... Crushing of the olive fruit is the first operation for olive oil extraction. The hammer mill is one of the most popular devices used in modern facilities due to its easy maintenance and high product output. The effect of hammer mill rotor speed and sieve design, including screen size and screen open area on extraction yield, overall quality and minor component composition, is evaluated at the labo ...
... Olea europaea L. fruit is a peculiar vegetal matrix containing high levels of fatty acids (98–99% of the total weight of extra-virgin olive oil, EVOO) and low quantities (1–2%) of phenolics, phytosterols, tocopherols, and squalene. Among these minor components, phenolics are relevant molecules for human health. This review is focused on their beneficial activity, in particular of hydroxytyrosol (H ...
Mohsen Gavahian; Amin Mousavi Khaneghah; José M. Lorenzo; Paulo E.S. Munekata; Izaskun Garcia-Mantrana; María Carmen Collado; Antonio J. Meléndez-Martínez; Francisco J. Barba
... There is an increasing trend in the consumption of olive oil, especially extra virgin olive oil, due to its health benefits. These health benefits are mainly correlated to health-promoting components of olive oil such as polyphenols, tocopherols, and carotenoids, positive effects of olive oil on the inhibition of foodborne pathogens, stimulation of the growth of beneficial microorganisms, and its ...
Marta Gallardo-Fernández; Ruth Hornedo-Ortega; Isabel M. Alonso-Bellido; José A. Rodríguez-Gómez; Ana M. Troncoso; M. Carmen García-Parrilla; José L. Venero; Ana M. Espinosa-Oliva; Rocío M. de Pablos
Mediterranean diet; NADP (coenzyme); anti-inflammatory activity; cognitive disorders; eating habits; extra-virgin olive oil; fish; inflammasomes; inflammation; lipopolysaccharides; mitogen-activated protein kinase; neuroglia; oxidoreductases; polyphenols; red wines; transcription factor NF-kappa B
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... Neuroinflammation is a common feature shared by neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), and seems to play a key role in their development and progression. Microglia cells, the principal orchestrators of neuroinflammation, can be polarized in different phenotypes, which means they are able to have anti-inflammatory, pro-inflammatory, or neurodegenerative effects. Increa ...
Jesús Calahorra; Justin Shenk; Vera H. Wielenga; Vivienne Verweij; Bram Geenen; Pieter J. Dederen; M. Ángeles Peinado; Eva Siles; Maximilian Wiesmann; Amanda J. Kiliaan
... Stroke is one of the leading causes of adult disability worldwide. After ischemic stroke, damaged tissue surrounding the irreversibly damaged core of the infarct, the penumbra, is still salvageable and is therefore a target for acute therapeutic strategies. The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been shown to lower stroke risk. MD is characterized by increased intake of extra-virgin olive oil, of which h ...
... BACKGROUND: Fatty acids are the major components in extra virgin olive oil, and they are considered as a quality parameter to its authentication. As fraudulent practices are the most important problem in this sector, fast, reliable and cost‐effective techniques, such as Raman spectroscopy, have been successfully applied, in combination with chemometrics, to determine the fatty acid profile of oils ...
... At intestinal level, after acute or chronic exposure to iNOS-derived NO, a toxic mechanism of action leads to inflammation and degenerative diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of glucuronide and sulfate metabolites of the extra virgin olive oil phenols tyrosol (Tyr) and hydroxytyrosol (HT), in comparison with their parent compounds, on the release of NO following exposure ...
... The effect of olive paste moisture on both oil extraction yield and phenolic content and profile from extractable olive oil is studied at the lab‐scale by stressing physical and biochemical phenomena through gradual dilution of freeze‐dried olive paste at a wide range of moisture levels. Olive fruits of Frantoio and Leccio del Corno cultivars are freeze‐dried immediately after harvesting and then ...
... Evolution of the volatile profile of two extra-virgin olive oils with very different fatty acid composition (monounsaturated fatty acid/polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio) stored in several nonaccelerated oxidative conditions was studied by a validated headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC–MS) method. The role of C8 volatile compounds in oxidative pro ...
... Effects of non-thermal plasma (NTP) technology on the aroma and phenolic compositions and inactivation of lipoxygenase (LOX) enzyme activity of extra virgin olive oil were investigated for the first time. A short non-thermal plasma treatment with pure argon gas (2 standard liters per minute and an average voltage of 7 kV) was applied for 135 s on the olive oil sample. The LOX activity in the NTP t ...
... Novel composite films of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) containing photosensitizing riboflavin (RB) were developed to enhance the broad-spectrum light barrier for the application of light-sensitive food packaging with an additional antimicrobial property. With the conjugated aromatic ring system of RB, the bright yellowish LDPE-RB composite film has excellent performance for absorbing light in th ...
... During the industrial refining process of edible oils and the manufacture of oil-based foodstuff, contaminants such as 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD) fatty acid diesters can be produced. One hundred samples of different edible oils and related fatty food purchased from local Spanish markets were analyzed to evaluate the occurrence of these contaminants. Data of seven 3-MCPD diesters together wit ...
Marta Anna Szychlinska; Paola Castrogiovanni; Francesca Maria Trovato; Houda Nsir; Mokhtar Zarrouk; Debora Lo Furno; Michelino Di Rosa; Rosa Imbesi; Giuseppe Musumeci
... PURPOSE: Osteoarthitis (OA) leads to progressive loss of articular cartilage, pain and joint disability. An acute injury constitutes an important risk factor for early OA, determining an inflammatory process responsible of cartilage degeneration and muscle atrophy, due to the joint pain and immobility. The study aims to assess the effects of conjugation of physical activity and diet enriched by ol ...
... The sterols and triterpene dialcohols composition is an important parameter to assess the authenticity of the high value and prone to adulteration extra virgin olive oil. The official methods used to carry out this analysis are time-consuming, labor-intensive and require a high amount of solvents. In this work a simple and time-saving method, based on two solid phase extraction (SPE) steps was dev ...
... This paper aims to study the volatile composition of monovarietal extra-virgin olive oils from different varieties from Alentejo region (Portugal). Volatile profile of 82 olive oils was performed by head-space solid phase micro-extraction hyphenated with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC/MS). A total of 107 volatile compounds, belonging to several class of compounds, like aldehydes, ...
... Olive oil is one of the main vegetable sources of squalene, substance with several interesting properties and applications. This work aims to present and validate a rapid method to quantify squalene in olive oil by gas chromatography (GC) coupled with flame ionization detector and to apply the method to extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) and olive oils (OOs) from large scale distribution retail, and ...
... Organic compounds and vegetable origin oils are subject to scratiny in the photonics and nonlinear optics area, due to their high non-linear response: a characteristic linked to the molecular nature of these compounds and their own chemical bond. In the food industry, quick and non-invasive studies are needed to evaluate the nutritional quality of edible products. The nonlinear optical response of ...
Elena S. George; Skye Marshall; Hannah L Mayr; Gina L. Trakman; Oana A. Tatucu-Babet; Annie-Claude M. Lassemillante; Andrea Bramley; Anjana J. Reddy; Adrienne Forsyth; Audrey C. Tierney; Colleen J. Thomas; Catherine Itsiopoulos; Wolfgang Marx
... The polyphenol fraction of extra-virgin olive oil may be partly responsible for its cardioprotective effects. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of high versus low polyphenol olive oil on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in clinical trials. In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, CINAHL, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases were systematically se ...
... ‘Brava’ and ‘Mansa de Figueiredo’ extra-virgin olive oils (EVOOs) are two varieties identified from north-western Spain. A systematic phenolic characterization of the studied oils was undertaken by LC-ESI-IT-MS. In addition, the role of dietary polyphenols from these EVOOs has been evaluated against the inhibition of key enzymes (α-glucosidase and α-amylase) in the management of diabetes mellitus ...
... An intense survey of the Sicilian’s olive growing areas for autochthonous germplasm, mainly represented by centennials olive trees (Olea europaea var. europaea L.) apparently older then III centuries, started at the beginning of the 1980s and resulted in the selection of more than 150 cultivars and accessions. This germplasm was propagated in a nursery, by grafting onto seedlings of Olea europaea ...
Abu Bakar Siddique; Hassan Y. Ebrahim; Mohamed R. Akl; Nehad M. Ayoub; Amira A. Goda; Mohamed M. Mohyeldin; Suresh K. Nagumalli; Wael M. Hananeh; Yong-Yu Liu; Sharon A. Meyer; Khalid A. El Sayed
... Dysregulation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER2) family is a hallmark of aggressive breast cancer. Small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors are among the most effective cancer targeted treatments. (−)-Oleocanthal (OC) is a naturally occurring phenolic secoiridoid lead from extra-virgin olive oil with documented anti-cancer activities via target ...