Recovery and determination of cholesterol-lowering compounds from Olea europaea seeds employing pressurized liquid extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Our previous work demonstrated the presence of compounds with hypocholesterolemic capacity in olive seeds. These compounds were extracted using CO2-expanded ethyl acetate and identified as tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, and beta-sitosterol using GC&#-MS. This work describes the extraction of these com...

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Authors: Marina Alegre, María Luisa|||0000-0002-5583-1624, Plaza del Moral, Merichel|||0000-0002-9636-6458, Vásquez Villanueva, Romy Ángela, García López, María Concepción|||0000-0002-3383-6176
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/44501
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/44501
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.104812
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Cholesterol-lowering capacity
Hansen solubility parameters
Olive seed
Phenolic compounds
Phytosterols
Pressurized liquid extraction
Química
Chemistry
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Summary:Our previous work demonstrated the presence of compounds with hypocholesterolemic capacity in olive seeds. These compounds were extracted using CO2-expanded ethyl acetate and identified as tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, and beta-sitosterol using GC&#-MS. This work describes the extraction of these compounds from different olive seeds using pressurized ethyl acetate. Their solubility in ethyl acetate at temperatures ranging from 40&-200 °C was theoretically predicted by Hansen solubility parameters. The content of these compounds was estimated by GC&#-MS, as well as, the reduction of the micellar cholesterol solubility (RMCS) capacity of extracts enabling to establish the optimum extraction temperature at 100 °C. A GC&-MS method was developed and validated in terms of its analytical characteristics for a sensitive determination and quantification of tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, and &;946#sitosterol in different olive seeds. Within varieties, Manzanilla seeds presented the highest concentration of tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, and the lowest concentration of beta-sitosterol, as well as the highest RMCS capacity