olive oil in general due to it monounsaturation, stability, nutritive value, consistency, taste andaroma might be considered as a valuable and luxury oil. annual importation of olive oil to iran frommediterranean countries is on a large scale although some olive oils are produced in iran particularly in the northand some plantation has been applied in different provinces particularly in fars. t...

Oils from cv. Arbequina were industrially extracted together with olive leaves of or Santulhana (1%, w/w), and their olfactory volatile profiles compared to those without addition (control). The incorporation resulted in green fruity oils fresh herbs cabbage notes, while control showed a ripe sensation banana, apple, dry hay grass notes. In all oils, total contents varied 57.5 65.5 mg/kg (inter...

Olive oil is one of the basic products in Mediterranean diet, and, due to its nutritional value, it becoming more and widespread world. Even though has traditionally been a rainfed crop, farmers are currently transforming their plantations into super-high-density orchards increase production. However, increasingly acute drought countries forces establishment water control mechanisms that allow ...

Alperujo, an antioxidant-rich by-product of olive oil extraction, could protect β-cells against oxidative damage. Our goal was to study the antioxidant effects of an alperujo extract (AE) on MIN6 β-cells challenged with glucose or hydrogen peroxide. MIN6 β-cells were challenged with glucose (100 mM) or H2O2 (0.15 mM), with or without AE (20 μM phenol). Reactive oxygen species, intracellular iro...

Intra-row spacing is known to determine early productivity of super-high density olive orchards depending on growing conditions, cultivar growth characteristics, planting geometry and subsequent pruning management but few experiments have been carried out in this olive hedgerow orchard design. In 2008 an experiment of 4-m spaced hedgerows was established with 8 intra-row spacings (from 1.0 to 2...

After fruit ripening, many fruit-tree species undergo massive natural fruit abscission. Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a stone-fruit with cultivars such as Picual (PIC) and Arbequina (ARB) which differ in mature fruit abscission potential. Ethylene (ET) is associated with abscission, but its role during mature fruit abscission remains largely uncharacterized. The present study investigates the pos...