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. 2019 Feb 5;6:3. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00003

Table 2.

Chemical composition of the main bioactive compounds (polyphenols, triterpenic acids, tocochromanols, and carotenoids) and fatty acids profile of Patè olive cake (POC) from the cultivar Leccino and Cellina di Nardò, before and after the fermentation process.

Leccino POC Cellina di Nardò POC
Not fermented Fermented P-valueΩ Not fermented Fermented P-valueΩ
POLYPHENOLS (mg/g FW)
Hydroxytyrosol (3,4-DHPEA) 1.8 ± 0.1b 2.5 ± 0.1a 0.001 6.2 ± 0.2b 8.8 ± 0.5a 0.001
Tyrosol (p-HPEA) 0.7 ± 0.06a 0.6 ± 0.04a 0.074 0.8 ± 0.02a 0.8 ± 0.05a 1
Vanillic acid 0.8 ± 0.02a 0.2 ± 0.01b < 0.001 0.5 ± 0.02a 0.3 ± 0.02b < 0.001
hydroxytyrosol acetate 0.7 ± 0.01a 0.5 ± 0.01b < 0.001 0.5 ± 0.0001a 0.5 ± 0.01a 1
p-coumaric acid 0.3 ± 0.02a 0.3 ± 0.01a 1 0.2 ± 0.01a 0.15 ± 0.01b 0.004
Verbascoside 0.7 ± 0.03a 0.6 ± 0.01b 0.006 3.7 ± 0.18a 1.9 ± 0.05b < 0.001
Isoverbascoside 0.6 ± 0.04a 0.5 ± 0.01b 0.014 0.4 ± 0.01a 0.3 ± 0.02b 0.002
Oleacein (3,4-DHPEA-EDA) 1.4 ± 0.09a 0.4 ± 0.03b < 0.001 5.0 ± 0.2a 1.9 ± 0.1b < 0.001
Oleochantal P-HPEA-EDA 0.15 ± 0.01a 0.10 ± 0.01b 0.004 0.4 ± 0.001a 0.2 ± 0.001b < 0.001
Rutin 0.002 ± 0.001a 0.001 ± 0.002a 0.482 0.06 ± 0.001a 0.05 ± 0.001b < 0.001
(+)-Pinoresinol nd nd 0.3 ± 0.1a 0.3 ± 0.1a 1
Total 7.1 ± 0.4a 5.7 ± 0.2b 0.04 18.1 ± 0.7a 15.2 ± 0.9b 0.012
TRITERPENIC ACIDS (mg/g FW)
Maslinic acid 1.16 ± 0.05a 1.27 ± 0.12a 0.217 1.16 ± 0.15a 1.31 ± 0.09a 0.212
Oleanoic acid 0.32 ± 0.04b 0.48 ± 0.09a 0.048 0.43 ± 0.07a 0.56 ± 0.08a 0.102
Total 1.48 ± 0.09a 1.74 ± 0.21a 0.12 1.59 ± 0.21a 1.87 ± 0.17a 0.147
TOCOCHROMANOLS (μg/g FW)
α-T 23.20 ± 0.70a 21.10 ± 1.20a 0.059 21.90 ± 0.92a 22.01 ± 0.51a 0.865
ß-T3 1.74 ± 0.11a 1.54 ± 0.08a 0.064 1.25 ± 0.20a 1.37 ± 0.14a 0.443
Total 24.94 ± 0.81a 22.64 ± 1.28a 0.058 23.15 ± 1.12a 23.30 ± 0.65a 0.851
CAROTENOIDS (μg/g FW)
Lutein 2.21 ± 0.31a 1.89 ± 0.02a 0.149 1.97 ± 0.11a 2.20 ± 0.30a 0.281
Zeaxanthin 0.06 ± 0.01a 0.07 ± 0.01a 0.288 0.05 ± 0.01a 0.07 ± 0.01a 0.07
α-Carotene 0.25 ± 0.05a 0.35 ± 0.06a 0.091 0.26 ± 0.01a 0.28 ± 0.10a 0.748
β-Carotene 0.74 ± 0.14a 0.55 ± 0.01a 0.079 0.84 ± 0.04a 0.84 ± 0.07a 1
13 cis β-Carotene 0.32 ± 0.06a 0.40 ± 0.07a 0.207 0.32 ± 0.02a 0.39 ± 0.05a 0.053
Total 3.58 ± 0.57a 3.26 ± 0.17a 0.404 3.44 ± 0.19a 3.78 ± 0.53a 0.305
FATTY ACIDS (%)
Palmitic (C16:0) 17.94 ± 0.69a 17.23 ± 0.65a 0.264 16.73 ± 0.59b 18.40 ± 0.43a 0.017
Palmitoleic (C16:1) 1.82 ± 0.08b 2.08 ± 0.04a 0.007 1.86 ± 0.06b 2.33 ± 0.01a < 0.001
Stearic (C18:0) 2.79 ± 0.02b 5.12 ± 0.89a 0.011 3.05 ± 0.07b 3.78 ± 0.05a < 0.001
Oleic (C18:1 n−9) 63.01 ± 0.05a 62.46 ± 1.2a 0.472 63.11 ± 0.44a 62.11 ± 1.21a 0.250
Linoleic (C18:2 n−6) 13.62 ± 0.02a 13.11 ± 0.11b 0.002 14.47 ± 0.14a 13.38 ± 0.32b 0.006
Linolenic (C18:3 n−3) 0.91 ± 0.01 nd 0.78 ± 0.31 nd
SFA 20.73 ± 0.71a 22.35 ± 1.54a 0.173 19.78 ± 0.66b 22.18 ± 0.48a 0.007
MUFA 64.83 ± 0.13a 64.54 ± 1.24a 0.708 64.97 ± 0.50a 64.44 ± 1.22a 0.525
PUFA 14.53 ± 0.03a 13.11 ± 0.11b < 0.001 15.25 ± 0.45a 13.38 ± 0.32b 0.004
PUFA/SFA 0.71 0.59 0.77 0.60

The data represents the mean ± standard deviation of three replicate measurements (n = 3). nd, undetected; FW, fresh weight. Within the same cultivar for each compound, different letters indicate significant differences (ΩStudent's test, p < 0.05) within the same row (not fermented vs. fermented).