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Useful Bioactive Compounds from Olive Tree By-Products (Leaves, Branches, Fruits)

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Agricultural Waste: Environmental Impact, Useful Metabolites and Energy Production

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity ((SDEB,volume 31))

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Research of new bioactive compounds from natural raw materials, the by-products of the olive tree, attracts considerable attention due to their high potential as a source of useful molecules. The therapeutic virtues of olive tree by-products have been known since antiquity, it is mainly olive oil, and leaves are the most used in traditional medicine and recently in phytotherapy. The beneficial effects on human health of these two derivatives are multiple: antioxidants, hypoglycemic, antimicrobial, and anticancer. Although studies on the biological activities of other olive by-products (pruning wood, oil mill waste, and pomace) remain limited, these by-products are characterized by their richness in bioactive molecules. Indeed, studies have shown that the biological potentialities are related to the presence of monounsaturated fatty acids (especially oleic acid: C18:1) as well as other bioactive compounds such as tocopherols, carotenoids, phospholipids, and phenolic compounds (hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, and oleuropein). Moreover, phytosterols are among the most interesting molecules of these coproducts that need to be studied in depth. This brief overview presents state of research on useful bioactive compounds from olive tree by-products.

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Abdallah, M., Ben Aoun, R., Ben Amor, M., Touhami, I., Habibi, M., Trabelsi, N. (2023). Useful Bioactive Compounds from Olive Tree By-Products (Leaves, Branches, Fruits). In: Ramawat, K., Mérillon, JM., Arora, J. (eds) Agricultural Waste: Environmental Impact, Useful Metabolites and Energy Production. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, vol 31. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8774-8_13

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