RT Journal Article T1 HPLC/DAD/ESI/MS detection of lignans from Spanish and Italian Olea europaea L. fruits. A1 Oliveras-López, María-Jesús A1 Innocenti, Marzia A1 Ieri, Francesca A1 Giaccherini, Catia A1 Romani, Annalisa A1 Mulinacci, Nadia K1 Olive fruits K1 Acetoxypinoresinol K1 Stone K1 Italian and Spanish cvs K1 HPLC/DAD/MS K1 Lignan K1 Olive oil K1 Olive pit K1 Phytoestrogen AB 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. PB Elsevier YR 2007 FD 2007-04-19 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24933 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24933 LA en NO Journal of Food Composition and Analysis Volume 21, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 62-70 NO Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain NO Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto F. no (Firenze), Italy DS RIO RD May 7, 2026