INTRODUCTION The phenolic compounds of olive leaves and olive oils in the Mediterranean diet have been associated with a reduced incidence of heart disease. Accordingly, antioxidant-rich diets may prevent the deleterious effects of oxidative metabolism by scavenging free radicals, thus inhibiting oxidation and delaying atherosclerosis. The process involves phospholipase C activation and arachid...

We used light and electron microscopic techniques to study the composition of cytoplasmic nucleoloids during meiotic division in Olea europaea. Nucleoloids were found in two clearly distinguishable morphological varieties: one similar in morphology to the nucleolus, and composed mainly of dense fibrillar component, and another surrounded by many ribosome-like particles. Cytochemical and immunoc...

Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (Gardan et al., 1992) (hereafter Psv, according to Vivian & Mansfield (1993)) is the causal agent of olive knot disease. It is considered one of the most serious diseases affecting olive trees (Olea europaea L.) in most olive growing regions worldwide and mainly in Mediterranean countries, where this crop has been growing for centuries. The disease can lead...