Comparative Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Olive Leaves Using a Sonotrode and an Ultrasonic Bath and the Evaluation of Both Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity

Overview

Journal Antioxidants (Basel)

Date 2022 Mar 25

PMID 35326208

Authors

Beatriz Martin-Garcia

Soumi De Montijo-Prieto

Maria Jimenez-Valera

Alegria Carrasco-Pancorbo

Alfonso Ruiz-Bravo

Vito Verardo

Ana Maria Gomez-Caravaca

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Abstract

A sonotrode ultrasound-assisted extraction of phenolic compounds from olive leaves has been developed using a Box-Behnken design to optimize the effects of solvent composition and ultrasound parameters. The determination of single phenolic compounds was performed by HPLC-MS and the highest recovery in total compounds, oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol was achieved using EtOH/HO (55:45, /), 8 min and 100% of amplitude. The optimal conditions were applied on leaves from seven olive cultivars grown under the same conditions and the results were compared with those found by using a conventional ultrasonic bath, obtaining no statistical differences. Moreover, antioxidant activity by FRAP, DPPH and ABTS in these olive leaf extracts was evaluated and they exhibited a significant correlation with oleuropein and total phenolic content. All cultivars of olive leaf extracts were found to be active against and methicillin-resistant with minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values) that ranged from 5.5 to 22.5 mg mL. No extracts showed antimicrobial activity against . The percentages of mycelium reduction in ranged from 2.2 and 18.1%. Therefore, sonotrode could be considered as an efficient and fast extraction technique that could be easily scaled-up at industrial level, thus allowing for olive leaves to be revalorized.

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