The genus Glycyrrhiza consists of about 30 species in which G. glabra, G. uralensis, G. inflata, G. aspera, G. korshinskyi, and G. eurycarpa are generally recognized as licorice because of their sweet taste. Except G. korshinskyi, we examined isoprenoid-substituted phenols of these licorices. Each plant could be characterized by some isoprenoid phenols. We also investigated the biological activ...

Human studies indicate that consumption of olive oil is associated with decreased mortality, reduced cardiovascular risk and improved cognitive function in the elderly. Many of these benefits are thought to be due to the phenolic content of olive oil. In support of this, intervention studies in humans indicate that olive oil phenols protect blood lipids from oxidation and improve blood paramete...

Although phenolic compounds are present in both the plant and animal worlds, most of them are of plant origin.1 This heterogeneous group of natural compounds is still, in many textbooks, described as “secondary metabolites”, which suggests their less important role in cellular physiology and biochemistry. It includes both simple phenols and polyphenols as well as their derivatives. In general, ...

In the present work, a two-step sequential method employing copper sulfate (CuSO4) and Pseudomonas putida as treatment materials was investigated to remove color and phenols from paper industry wastewater. The wastewater was first subjected to precipitation treatment using CuSO4, which removed 96% and 52% of initial color and phenols, respectively. However, this treatment induced 65 mgL of resi...

This study presents the phenolic compounds profile of commercial Cornicabra virgin olive oils from five successive crop seasons (1995/1996 to 1999/2000; n = 97), determined by solid phase extraction reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (SPE RP-HPLC), and its relationship with oxidative stability, processing conditions, and a preliminary study on variety classification. The medi...

In 1915, Folin and Denisb described a method for the determination of free and conjugated phenols in the urine, using a phosphotungstic-phosphomolybdic reagent, which, in the presence of sodium carbonate, gives a color reaction with phenols. The formula for the color reagent was published in 1912,2 at the same time as the uric acid reagent. Later, Folin and Denis applied the method to phenols i...

In this work, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air of a secondary fiber paper mill were analyzed. For the sake of studying pollution comprehensively, four sites in the paper mill were analyzed and active sampling methods were used. Desorption was carried out with two solvents, carbon disulfide and dichloromethane. The compositions of VOCs were determined by gas chromatography-ma...

the removal performance of total poly phenols and orthodiphenols (o-diphenols) content in olive mill waste (omw) was investigated with a three stages cross flow laboratory scale rotating biological contactor (rbc) in the present study. due to high cod and other pollutant in the original omw, physico-chemical treatment was effected for cod and other pollutant reduction prior to biological treatm...

henols and phenolic substances are aromatic hydroxy compounds classified as monohydric (e.g., phenol, cresols [methylphenols], xylenols [dimethylphenols]), dihydric (e.g., catechols [odihydroxybenzenes], resorcinols [m-dihydroxybenzenes]) or polyhydric (with three or more hydroxy groups), depending on the number of hydroxyl groups attached to the aromatic benzene ring (McNeely et al. 1979). The...

Over 60 lignin-related model compounds were phosphitylated with 2chloro-4,4,5,5-tetramethyldioxaphospholane, a sterically hindered analogue of 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane used in earlier work, and their 31P chemical shifts were recorded. Excellent resolution between the chemical shifts of phosphitylated carboxylic acids, phenols and aliphatic alcohols was obtained. The correlations of the p...