Oleuropein

Oleuropein​ ​Benefits :

• The oleuropein in olive leaf is a natural wide-spectrum antibiotic, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and antifungal.
• Oleuropein is best known for its blood pressure-lowering effect.
• Oleuropein has been shown to have cardioprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-angiogenic and neuroprotective functions.
• Useful in cases of yeast and fungal infections, herpes, allergies, psoriasis, chronic fatigue, and many other pathogens.
• To increase blood flow in the coronary arteries, relieve arrhythmia.

Characteristics​ ​of​ ​Oleuropein :

• Oleuropein is an important constituent of olive fruits and a widely studied natural product with numerous health related activities.
• Phenolic compounds make up 2-3% (w/w) of olive flesh, whose most abundant part is oleuropein which is responsible for the characteristic bitter taste of olive fruits.
• Oleuropein is water-soluble component which has a potential to use as a food supplement.
• Olive fruit is rich in the secoiridoids oleuropein, demethyl oleuropein, ligstroside, and in their hydrolytic derivatives.
• Antioxidant ​activity of oleuropein is mainly due to the hydroxytyrosol moiety in its structure.
• Oleuropein preparations have been claimed for several pharmacological effects.
• Despite these potential health benefits, oleuropein is removed from olives due to its bitter taste.
• Oleuropein and its derivatives are inhibitors of lactic acid bacteria growth which has important role in table olive fermentation.

Applications : Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical, Cosmetics, Food

Benefits​ ​of​ ​Triterpenoids :

• Cancers
• Colon Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Oral mucosa cancer
• anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative effects
• Hepatoprotective
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Antioxidant activities
• Human T-cell leukemia
• Analgesic and anti-nociceptive
• Anxiolytic