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Unravels the body of science pertaining to olive minor constituents in relation to new chemical knowledge, technological innovations and novel methods of recovery

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Olive Fruit, Table Olives, and Olive Oil Bioactive Constituents Chapter 2: Minor Bioactive Olive Oil Components and Health: Key Data for Their Role in Providing Health Benefits in Humans Chapter 3: Cellular and Molecular Effects of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds in Olives and Olive Oil Chapter 4: Olive Oil Phenolic Composition as Affected by Geographic Origin, Olive Cultivar, and Cultivation Systems Chapter 5: Effect of Fruit Maturity on Olive Oil Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Capacity Chapter 6: From Drupes to Olive Oil: An Exploration of Olive Key Metabolites Chapter 7: Research and Innovative Approaches to Obtain Virgin Olive Oils with a Higher Level of Bioactive Constituents Chapter 8: Table Olives as Sources of Bioactive Compounds Chapter 9: Bioactive Phenolic Compounds from Olea europaea: A Challenge for Analytical Chemistry Chapter 10: Analysis of Bioactive Microconstituents in Olives, Olive Oil and Olive Leaves by NMR Spectroscopy: An Overview of the Last Decade Chapter 11: Recovery of High Added Value Compounds from Olive Tree Products and Olive Processing Byproducts

About the Author

Dimitrios Boskou received his diploma and doctor's degree in chemistry from the School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellas; his Ph.D.in Food Science from the University of London; and a Doctor of Science degree from the School of Chemistry, Aristotle University. He served as an assistant lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and head of the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University (1970-2006). In the period from 1986 to 1998 he was a member of the IUPAC Oils, Fats, and Derivatives Commission. He served as a member of the Supreme Chemical Council, Athens (1995-2005), and a member of the Scientific Committee for Food of the European Commission and an expert of the Food Additives Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (1995-2012). Dr. Boskou has published over 90 papers and reviews. He is the editor of 7 books and the author of 20 chapters in books related to the major and minor constituents of fats, natural antioxidants, olive oil, and heated fats, published in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, India, and Croatia. He is also a contributor to international scientific encyclopedias and the Lexicon of Lipid Nutrition, a joint IUPAC/IUNS work.