Olive Trees By-Products As Sources of Bioactive and Other Industrially Useful Compounds: A Systematic Review

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2021 Aug 27

PMID 34443669

Citations 9

Authors

Valentina Lo Giudice

Immacolata Faraone

Maria Roberta Bruno

Maria Ponticelli

Fabiana Labanca

Donatella Bisaccia

Carmine Massarelli

Luigi Milella

Luigi Todaro

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Abstract

The need to produce an ever-increasing quantity of material products and food resulting from the planet globalization process has contributed to the spread of modern agriculture based on a linear production resulting in the generation of tons of waste. This huge amount of waste is generally accumulated in landfills, causing different environmental problems. Hence, researchers moved on to study the processes used to recover agro-industrial by-products within a circular and sustainable bio-economy concept. A systematic quest on Scopus and PubMed databases was performed to identify the data available to date on recycling agro-industrial by-products of L. This systematic review summarizes the knowledge regarding the use of olive trees by-products for producing animal feed, biocomposites, bioethanol, cellulose pulp, activated carbon, and as a fuel source for energy production. Furthermore, the data regarding the potential biological activity of extracts from olive roots, wood, bark, and pruning were analyzed. Olive trees by-products are, indeed, rich in molecules with antioxidant, antimicrobial, cardioprotective, and anticancer activity, representing a promising candidate for treat several human diseases.

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