Olive Stone An Attractive Source of Bioactive and Valuable Compounds

Review Olive stone an attractive source of bioactive and valuable compounds Guillermo Rodrıguez, Antonio Lama, Rocıo Rodrıguez, Ana Jime´nez, Rafael Guille´n, Juan Ferna´ndez-Bolan˜os * Food Biotechnology Departament, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Avda.... More

Review Olive stone an attractive source of bioactive and valuable compounds Guillermo Rodrıguez, Antonio Lama, Rocıo Rodrıguez, Ana Jime´nez, Rafael Guille´n, Juan Ferna´ndez-Bolan˜os * Food Biotechnology Departament, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Avda. PadreGarcıa Tejero 4, Apartado 1078, 41012 Sevilla, Spain Received 17 September 2007; received in revised form 8 November 2007; accepted 9 November 2007 Available online 21 December 2007 Abstract The olive stone and seed are an important byproduct generated in the olive oil extraction and pitted table olive industries. As a lignocellulosic material, the hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin are the main components of olive stone as wells as protein, fat, phenols, free sugars and poliols composition. The main use of this biomass is as combustion to produce electric energy or heat. Other uses such as activated carbon, furfural production, plastic filled, abrasive and cosmetic or other potential uses such as biosorbent, animal feed or res Less