Distribution of chlorophylls and carotenoids in ripening olives and between oil and alperujo when processed using a two‐phase extraction system

The present work has studied the content and type of pigments present in olive fruits and the respective oils and alperujos. The concentration of isochromic pigment fractions—chlorophylls and carotenoids—decreased with fruit ripening, more markedly in the former than in the latter. This implied that...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 2002-01, Vol.79 (1), p.105-109
Hauptverfasser: Gallardo‐Guerrero, Lourdes, Roca, María, Isabel Mínguez‐Mosquera, M
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Zusammenfassung:The present work has studied the content and type of pigments present in olive fruits and the respective oils and alperujos. The concentration of isochromic pigment fractions—chlorophylls and carotenoids—decreased with fruit ripening, more markedly in the former than in the latter. This implied that the ratio between the two pigment fractions also decreased in parallel in the three products studied. However, the value in the oil was lower than in the fruit, and that in the alperujo was much higher. During the extraction process, the release of acids may have caused pheophytinization reactions in the chlorophyll fraction, increasing pheophytin content in alperujos and oils, whereas the carotenoid fraction was affected only in the alperujo. Chlorophyll b derivatives were destroyed in greater proportion than chlorophyll a derivatives during transfer to the oil. During processing the destruction of lutein was greater than that of β‐carotene. The balance of matter between fruit, alperujo, and oil indicated that not all the fruit pigmentation was released from the structures, and most remained occluded in the alperujo. The rest of the pigmentation, and particularly the chlorophyll fraction, was partly destroyed during its transfer to the oil.
ISSN:0003-021X
1558-9331
DOI:10.1007/s11746-002-0442-5