Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Olive oil is the essential ingredient of the Mediterranean diet, a nutritional diet is still known for its beneficial effect on inflammation, cardiovascular disease and cancer. A unique feature of the oil accumulation oleuropein, a family secoiridoid hydrolysis with hydroxytyrosol and catechol functions as a hydrophilic phenolic antioxidant, its catechol quinone oxidized during redox cycles. It has done much to make the exploration of the biological properties of quinone catechol hydroxytyrosol, a strong electrophilic arylating Michael adducts with nucleophilic thiol and glutathione given protein. This study compares the chemical and biological properties of hydroxytyrosol with the family of tocopherols in the Michael adducts of arylating quinones desmethyltocopherol was identified and correlated with biological properties, including cytotoxicity and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress. It should be noted that the many similarities and hydroxytyrosol desmethyltocopherols, suggesting adduct formation by electrophilic Michael arylating Chinon May to the biological properties of two families, including helping with the unique nutritional benefits of olive oil.