Phenolic compounds in olive oil: antioxidant, health and organoleptic activities according to their chemical structure
Phenolic compounds in olive oil: antioxidant, health and organoleptic activities according to their chemical structure
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DOI:
10.1007/s10787-008-8014-y
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发表时间:
2009-04-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Montedoro, G. F.
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作者:
Servili, M.;Esposto, S.;Montedoro, G. F.
Hydrophilic phenols are the most abundant natural antioxidants of virgin olive oil (VOO), in which, however, tocopherols and carotenes are also present. The prevalent classes of hydrophilic phenols found in VOO are phenolic alcohols and acids, flavonoids, lignans and secoiridoids. Among these substances the last two classes include the most concentrate phenols of VOO. Secoiridoids, like aglycone derivatives of oleuropein, demethyloleuropein and ligstroside, are present in olive fruit as most abundant VOO phenolic antioxidants. Several important biological properties (antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive and anti-cancer) and the characteristic pungent and bitter tasty properties have been attributed to VOO phenols. Relationships between polyphenols activities and their chemical structures are discussed in this paper.