Assessment of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of different olive processing wastewaters.
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SUBMITTER: Belaqziz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5584791 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Assessment of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of different olive processing wastewaters.
Belaqziz Majdouline M Tan Shiau Pin SP El-Abbassi Abdelilah A Kiai Hajar H Hafidi Abdellatif A O'Donovan Orla O McLoughlin Peter P
PloS one 20170905 9
Olive processing wastewaters (OPW), namely olive mill wastewater (OMW) and table-olive wastewaters (TOW) were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against five Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria using the standard disc diffusion and thin layer chromatography (TLC)-bioautography assays. Disc diffusion screening and bioautography of OMW were compared to the phenolic extracts of table-olive brines. Positive activity against S. aureus was demonstrated. The optimization of chromatogra ...[more]
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