THE LIPIDS OF OLEA-EUROPAEA .4. PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE ACIDS IN OLIVES

Authors
BIANCHI G POZZI N VLAHOV G
Citation
G. Bianchi et al., THE LIPIDS OF OLEA-EUROPAEA .4. PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE ACIDS IN OLIVES, Phytochemistry, 37(1), 1994, pp. 205-207
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
205 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1994)37:1<205:TLOO.P>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The pentacyclic triterpenoids present on the skin of three olive culti vars were studied. Chloroform extraction yielded compounds comprising the surface waxes which were in the range 0.08-0.16% of the total oliv e weight. Chloroform treated olives were further extracted with methan ol to give large quantities of pure pentacyclic triterpene acids (0.08 -0.13%). The major surface lipid components were identified as oleanol ic acid (31-44%) and maslinic acid (55-68%).