%0 Journal Article %A Oliveras-López, María-Jesús %A Innocenti, Marzia %A Ieri, Francesca %A Giaccherini, Catia %A Romani, Annalisa %A Mulinacci, Nadia %T HPLC/DAD/ESI/MS detection of lignans from Spanish and Italian Olea europaea L. fruits. %D 2007 %U https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24933 %X The aim of the present study was to verify the distribution of lignans in pulp and stones of olive fruits. Analyses were carried out by HPLC/DAD/MS on four cultivars: Frantoio and Taggiasca from Italy, Arbequina and Picual from Spain. The main results can be summarized as follows: (a) lignans were demonstrated to be present in the stone; (b) acetoxypinoresinol, pinoresinol, previously detected in the respective extra virgin olive oils, and OH-pinoresinol were found in the samples; (c) the total lignan content ranged between 0.1 and 0.29 mg/g of dried stone weight. These values agree with the average lignan content reported in literature for the respective extra virgin olive oils. %K Olive fruits %K Acetoxypinoresinol %K Stone %K Italian and Spanish cvs %K HPLC/DAD/MS %K Lignan %K Olive oil %K Olive pit %K Phytoestrogen %~