Preliminary chemical characterization of Tunisian monovarietal virgin olive oils and comparison with Sicilian ones

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1208-1217

  Baccouri, Olfa ^a   Cerretani, Lorenzo ^b   Bendini, Alessandra ^b   Caboni, Maria Fiorenza ^b   Zarrouk, Mokhtar ^a   Pirrone, Luigi ^c   Miled, Douja Daoud Ben ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Composition; Irrigation; Phenols; Triacylglycerols; Virgin olive oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549023415     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: 14389312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200700132     Document Type: Article

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