Dependence of fatty-acid composition of edible oils on their enrichment in olive phenols

J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Apr 8;57(7):2797-802. doi: 10.1021/jf803455f.

Abstract

Olive phenol extracts from waste from olive-oil production (alperujo) have been obtained by microwave-assisted extraction and used for edible oil enrichment. The extracts as such or after extractant removal were used to enrich edible oils of different fatty acid composition by liquid-liquid or solid-liquid extraction, respectively. The distribution ratios of the phenols in the different oils [olive-orujo (the waste of milled olives from which low-quality oil is obtained), sunflower, high oleic-acid content sunflower, coconut, and linseed] showed a given order as a function of phenol polarity and molecular weight, with higher distribution factors for more polar and lower molecular-weight phenols. Concerning oil composition, those oils with higher concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids yielded higher phenol distribution factors; oils with higher concentrations of saturated fatty acids yielded lower distribution factors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fatty Acids / analysis*
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / analysis
  • Food, Fortified / analysis*
  • Fruit / chemistry
  • Industrial Waste / analysis*
  • Olea / chemistry*
  • Olive Oil
  • Phenols / analysis*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Oils / analysis*
  • Plant Oils / chemistry

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Industrial Waste
  • Olive Oil
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Oils