Main activities:
- Extraction of olive-based materials, enrichment of extracts and production of polyphenolic fractions from olive products and by-products
- Isolation of bioactive compounds from phenolic extracts of edible olives, olive oils and olive growing by-products
- Development of small scale industrial protocols and production of high added value final products based on olive bioactive ingredients
- Synthesis and semi-synthesis of bioactive compounds from olive-based materials
- Determination of phenolic composition of olive oil, edible olives and olive by-products
- Chemical analysis of olive oil (determination of the number of peroxides, acidity, K-constants, vitamins, fat and sterol profiles) described in EU Regulation 2568/91
- Investigation of EFSA’s approved health claim in olive oil
- Metabolomics studies and quality control in olive products
- In vitro and in vivo pharmacological investigation of the bioactive components of olive-based materials
- Toxicological and metabolism studies of olive compounds
- Mapping of Greek olive oil based on phenolic content
- Consultancy services on the production, processing, olive-growing conditions, standardisation, transportation and storage of olive products