Fitoterapia. 2002 Oct; 73(6): 456-61.

Antioxidative and radical scavenging effects of olive cake extract.

Amro B, Aburjai T, Al-Khalil S.

Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. amro@firstnet.com.jo

The antioxidative activity of different butanol extract fractions of olive cake was investigated. Four fractions showed marked antioxidative activity in comparison with BHT. Fractions tested also showed good hydrogen donating abilities, indicating that they had effective activities as radical scavengers. Coumaric, ferulic, cinnamic acids and oleuropein were isolated.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science B.V.