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The quality of olive oils is sensorially tested by accurate and well established methods. It enables the classification of the pressed oils into the classes of extra virgin oil, virgin oil and lampant oil.
Giovanni Sindona +4 more
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Survival of Coliform Bacteria in Virgin Olive Oil
Coliform bacteria consist of both nonpathogen commensal and human opportunistic pathogen species isolated from different habitats like animals, man, vegetables, and water. Olives normally carry natural nonpathogenic epiphytic bacteria, but during growth, harvest, and processing, one of the final products, represented by virgin olive oil, can be ...
Zullo B. A., Maiuro L., Ciafardini G.
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Chemical and Molecular Characterization of Crude Oil Obtained by Olive-Pomace Recentrifugation
In oil-mills, olive-pomace recentrifugation is a common way to reduce pomace moisture and, at the same time, to recover the oil therein. According to current rules, the obtained oil is defined as “crude olive-pomace oil.” The aim of this work is to ...
Antonella Pasqualone +7 more
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Assessment of Virgin Olive Oil Adulteration by a Rapid Luminescent Method
The adulteration of virgin olive oil with hazelnut oil is a common fraud in the food industry, which makes mandatory the development of accurate methods to guarantee the authenticity and traceability of virgin olive oil.
Raúl González-Domínguez +3 more
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Olive-oil Phenolics and Health: Potential Biological Properties
Extra virgin olive oil, the primary source of oil in the Mediterranean diet, differs significantly in composition from dietary lipids that are consumed by other populations.
Francesco Visioli +4 more
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The aim of this study was, first, to investigate the influence of olive variety and elevation of orchards on the phenolic compound content of Sicilian virgin olive oils (VOOs) and, second, to investigate the effects of VOO phenolic extracts on osteoblast
O. García-Martínez +4 more
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Virgin olive oil: definition and standards
Basic information is given about virgin olive oil standards according to European legislation. Standards are divided into two groups: (i) quality standards aimed at classifying extra-virgin, virgin and inedible ‘lampante’ olive oil and (ii) authenticity ...
M. Mariotti, Manuela Mariotti
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International conference on the healthy effect of virgin olive oil [PDF]
Ageing represents a great concern in developed countries because the number of people involved and the pathologies related with it, like atherosclerosis, morbus Parkinson, Alzheime's disease, vascular dementia, cognitive decline, diabetes and cancer ...
Perucho, M. +39 more
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Sustainability of Olive Oil System [PDF]
Sustainability, defined as ‘meeting current needs without compromising the future’, is a widely accepted goal across many sectors of society. Sustainability’s criteria and indicators often only regard sustaining present conditions through increased ...
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the major cause of mortality in the world, typically claiming a third of all deaths. The primary cause of CVD is atherosclerosis.
Aicha Kribeche, Tayeb Idoui
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