Olea europaea L. leaf extract and derivatives: antioxidant properties

J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Aug 14;50(17):4934-40. doi: 10.1021/jf025540p.

Abstract

This paper reports a very simple and fast method to collect eluates with high amounts of hydroxytyrosol, biotransforming Olea europaea L. leaf extract by a thermophilic beta-glycosidase immobilized on chitosan. Some phenolic compounds in the leaf tissue and in the eluates obtained by biotransformation are identified. To propose the eluates as natural substances from a vegetal source, their antioxidant properties have been compared with those of the leaf extract from which they are originated. The eluates possess a higher concentration of simple phenols, characterized by a stronger antioxidant capacity, than those available in extra virgin olive oils and in many tablets of olive leaf extracts, commercially found as dietetic products and food integrators.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / analysis*
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Oleaceae / chemistry*
  • Olive Oil
  • Phenols / analysis
  • Phenylethyl Alcohol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylethyl Alcohol / analysis
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Plant Oils / chemistry

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Olive Oil
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Oils
  • 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethanol
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Phenylethyl Alcohol