Lipophilic esters of hydroxytyrosol have been synthesized in a one-pot procedure from tyrosol and long side-chain carboxylic acids by lignin nanoparticles supported enzymatic cascade lipase M tyrosinase. The reaction involved the initial esterification aliphatic group with hydroxyl followed ortho-hydroxylation aromatic moiety. Lipase tyrosinase were immobilized on layer-by-layer using chitosan ...

Olive processing wastewaters (OPW), namely olive mill wastewater (OMW) and table-olive wastewaters (TOW) were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against five Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria using the standard disc diffusion and thin layer chromatography (TLC)-bioautography assays. Disc diffusion screening and bioautography of OMW were compared to the phenolic extracts of ta...

Virgin olive oil (VOO) is credited as being one of the many healthful components associated with the Mediterranean diet. Mediterranean populations experience reduced incidence of chronic inflammatory disease states and VOO is readily consumed as part of an everyday Mediterranean dietary pattern. VOO is rich in phenolic compounds and the health promoting benefits of these phenolics are now estab...

The global phenolic content of argan oil and press cake samples (alimentary and cosmetic) was evaluated using the Folin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method and the phenolic composition of argan oil (alimentary and cosmetic) and press cake (alimentary) samples were analyzed by GC-MS after extraction with 80:20 (v/v) methanol:water and silylation. Identification of chromatographic peaks was made by mas...

A growing number of scientific researches have been demonstrating that olive oil operates a crucial role on the prevention of cardiovascular and tumoral diseases, being related with low mortality and morbidity in populations that tend to follow a Mediterranean diet. Amongst its minor components, polyphenols have been subject to several clinical trials that have established health benefits assoc...