The effects of cultivar and harvest year on the fatty alcohol composition of olive oils from Southwest Calabria (Italy)

Authors

  • A. M. Giuffrè Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gya.073913

Keywords:

Fatty alcohols,  Minor components, Olive oil, Policosanols, Unsaponifiable

Abstract


The fatty alcohol (FAL) composition of olive oils produced in Southwest Calabria (Southern Italy) was analyzed over three harvest years 2005–2006–2007. Three autochthonous cultivars: Cassanese, Ottobratica, Sinopolese and seven allochtonous cultivars: Coratina, Itrana, Leccino, Nocellara Messinese, Nociara, Pendolino and Picholine were considered. Hexacosanol was always the main FAL occurring in the olive oil. The autochthonous cultivars were among those with the highest total FAL contents. Nevertheless, both autochthonous and allochthonous cultivars produced olive oil within the limit indicated by EU and IOC regulations. Cultivar affected the FAL content highly significantly or very highly significantly, whereas in a large part of the cases the harvest year did not influence the FAL content. Cultivar x harvest year influenced highly significantly or very highly significantly only C22-OH, C23-OH, C24-OH, C25-OH, odd chain FALs and the ratio even chain/odd chain FALs.

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2014-03-30

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Giuffrè AM. The effects of cultivar and harvest year on the fatty alcohol composition of olive oils from Southwest Calabria (Italy). Grasas aceites [Internet]. 2014Mar.30 [cited 2024Mar.29];65(1):e011. Available from: https://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/1476

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