title: Characterization of monovarietal olive oils obtained from mills of Calabria region (Southern Italy).
abstract: The qualitative characteristics of four monovarietal olive oils produced in Calabria region (Southern Italy) were evaluated. The aim of this work was to evidence the differences on chemical parameters due to variety and to growing environment. Results demonstrated a large variability in qualitative indexes according to the variety. Most of the Grossa di Gerace oils sampled in Ionian Southern coast revealed a high total acidity (percentage upper 0.8% of oleic acid). Fatty acid composition showed some varietal characters: in Grossa di Gerace oils possessed a low content of oleic acid and many Carolea oils showed a heptadecenoic acid level higher than 0.3% as European Rules requires for the extra virgin olive oil category. Carolea cultivar is widely grown in different sites of Calabria and so it is influenced by the different climatic conditions: the obtained oils strongly differed according to the production area.
authors.affiliation: Department of AGRARIA, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Vito (Reggio Calabria), Italy. Electronic address: amalia.piscopo@unirc.it.
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piscopo
authors.affiliation: Department of AGRARIA, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Vito (Reggio Calabria), Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.debruno@unirc.it.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Bruno
authors.affiliation: Department of AGRARIA, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Vito (Reggio Calabria), Italy. Electronic address: angela.zappia@unirc.it.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zappia
authors.affiliation: Centro Analisi Biochimiche Sas, Via Pitagora 4, 89016 Rizziconi (Reggio Calabria), Italy. Electronic address: ventre.carmine@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ventre
authors.affiliation: Department of AGRARIA, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Vito (Reggio Calabria), Italy. Electronic address: mpoiana@unirc.it.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poiana
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D007558:Italy; D031658:Olea / Q000737:chemistry*; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D000069463:Olive Oil / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D000069463:Olive Oil; D019301:Oleic Acid
keywords: Calabria region; Growing area; Heptadecenoic acid (PubChem CID: 117769); Monovarietal olive oils; Oleic acid (PubChem CID: 445639); Qualitative parameters; linoleic acid (PubChem CID: 5280450); β-sitosterol (PubChem CID: 222284)