The Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with a reduced risk of several chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular and Alzheimer's diseases. Olive products (mainly olive oil and table olives) are important components of the Mediterranean diet. Olives contain a range of phenolic compounds; these natural antioxidants may contribute to the prevention of these chronic conditions. C...

36 The combined effect of an edible coating and a nitrogen atmosphere on the quality of 37 Manzanilla olives mechanically harvested and processed as Spanish-style green olives 38 was assessed. The percentage of olives free of any brown spots ranged between 3539 50%, 10-25 % and 50-65 % for fruit directly processed, storage under nitrogen and 40 coated and storage under nitrogen respectively. Mo...

Method We conducted a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, crossover trial on an overweight middle aged male population at risk of developing the metabolic syndrome comparing olive leaf extract containing 51 mg oleuropein and 9.7 mg hydroxytyrosol to placebo. We measured insulin sensitivity (Matsuda method), pancreatic b-cell responsiveness (oral disposition index), lipid profile, am...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues infecting people causing deaths globally. Although various medicines have been tried to combat with COVID-19, there is no medicine or treatment that has validated yet. People using natural products for centuries against bacterial and viral illnesses. This study aimed test the effects of biomolecule oleuropein, whey collected from industrial waste soaproot extract...

Background: Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. Till now, surgical resection is considered only potentially curative therapy. The aim this study was to oleuropein (Ole) as an alternative treatment for pancreatic cancer.
 Methods: First, we determined tumor-inhibitory effect Ole in cell lines and KPC mouse model. Second, employed microarray real-time polym...

Interest in the health-promoting effects of virgin olive oil, an important part of the "Mediterranean diet", prompted us to determine the antiinflammatory effects of erythrodiol, beta-sitosterol and squalene, identified as major components of the so-called "unsaponifiable fraction" of virgin olive oil, as well as of the phenolic compounds from the "polar fraction": oleuropein, tyrosol, hydroxyt...