Antiallergic effect of Picholine olive oil-in-water emulsions through β-hexosaminidase release inhibition and characterization of their physicochemical properties

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Aug 15;60(32):7851-8. doi: 10.1021/jf3016078. Epub 2012 Aug 3.

Abstract

The inhibitory effect of Picholine olive oil from Montpellier in Southern France on the chemical mediator release in type I allergy, using rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells, was investigated. Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions prepared using Picholine olive oil showed an inhibitory effect on the chemical mediator release and decreased expressions of genes related to type I allergy in RBL-2H3 cells. We then measured the phenolic compounds present in Picholine olive oil using high-performance liquid chromatography and investigated some physical properties, such as droplet size, size distribution, viscosity, and surface tension of the resulting olive O/W emulsions. Our findings indicate that Picholine olive oil has high flavonoids content, especially apigenin, and the prepared emulsion of Picholine olive oil resulted in a considerable small size distribution, with an average droplet size of 170 nm.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Allergic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apigenin / analysis
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Emulsions
  • France
  • Hypersensitivity / genetics
  • Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute
  • Luteolin / analysis
  • Olea
  • Olive Oil
  • Plant Oils / chemistry*
  • Plant Oils / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Species Specificity
  • Transcriptome
  • Water / chemistry*
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Anti-Allergic Agents
  • Emulsions
  • Olive Oil
  • Plant Oils
  • Water
  • Apigenin
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
  • Luteolin