Table olives are the most widely consumed fermented food in the Mediterranean countries. Peculiar processing technologies are used to process olives, which are aimed at the debittering of the fruits and improvement of their sensory characteristics, ensuring safety of consumption at the same time. Processors demand for novel techniques to improve industrial performances, while consumers’ attenti...

cluding dihydropyridine calcium antagonists, are taken with grapefruit juice (GJ), their concentrations in plasma increases due to their increased bioavailabilities. Serious adverse effects have been known to result. Many patients being treated for chronic diseases are forbidden to drink GJ for the rest of their lives because of the risk of such drug interactions. The drugs interacting with GJ ...

In recent years, the particular interest of researchers is focused on such enzymes as α-L-rhamnosidase and α-galactosidase. These are considered useful for various applications. α-L-rhamnosidases may be applied debittering citrus fruit juices, due to less bitter taste derhamnosylated flavonones, rhamnose production, determination anomeric configuration in polysaccharides, glycosides glycolipids...