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OLEAF4VALUE partners: meet IMR!

Por |2023-06-05T09:18:59+00:00junio 5th, 2023|News, Project activity|

At the Institute of Marine Research, experts in nutrition and fish health are investigating whether extracts from olive leaves can modulate resilience to viral diseases. The hypothesis is that by including olive leaf extracts in the salmon diet, the fish become less sick when infected with a virus. Finding ways that can contribute to

UNIFI shares insights regarding O4V’s advancements

Por |2023-01-31T10:37:20+00:00enero 31st, 2023|News, Project activity|

The pharmaceutical technique research group of University of Florence (UNIFI) developed different nanocarriers (microemulsions, solid dispersions and polymeric micelles) to enhance solubility, permeability and pharmaceutical properties of oleanolic acid (OA), a triterpene enriched extract (TTPs ext) and an oleuropein extract (OLE) (Figure 1). All these formulations were tested in terms of water solubility, storage

World Olive Tree Day 2022: Olive harvesting in Slovenia

Por |2022-11-28T15:02:09+00:00noviembre 28th, 2022|News|

The past few months saw the annual olive harvesting spree. The endeavour starts at slow pace only to quickly escalate into a frenzy of overburdened farmers who generally call upon the strength of the whole family to get the job done. Most employ every possible hand at their disposal which means that many will concentrate

Happy World Olive Tree Day! | OLEAF4VALUE celebrates half project results with a press release

Por |2022-11-28T13:14:23+00:00noviembre 25th, 2022|News, Press Release, Project activity|

Halfway through OLEAF4VALUE: from the valorisation of olive leaves to the exploitation of high value-added biobased products OLEAF4VALUE is a BBI-JU, H2020-funded EU project that aims to extend the useful life of olive leaves, solving the problem of their removal from the fields while obtaining high added-value bioactive products with high-market potential. The project will

Fractionation of Secoiridoids, Flavonoids and Triterpenoids in Olive Leaf Extracts with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

Por |2022-11-28T14:50:28+00:00noviembre 25th, 2022|News, Project activity|

IPB group has developed different Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) to aid with the production of tailor made bioproducts from diverse olive leaf extracts. The IPB work comprise the design, synthesis, characterization and testing of MIPs to target secoiridoids, triterpenic acids, flavonoids and lignans. The developed MIP particles were tested with the processing of different kinds

#PartnerFeature: CENER BIO2C | Circular Bioeconomy Strategy

Por |2022-11-02T09:34:57+00:00octubre 24th, 2022|News, Project activity|

The Biomass Area of CENER (National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain) is convinced of the need to move towards a circular bioeconomy, in which the society is capable of valorising the wastes produced in an integral and cascade mode. On that regard, CENER is running its Biorefinery and Bioenergy Centre (BIO2C), semi-industrial pilot scale test

#OLEAF4VALUE celebrates #WorldAgricultureDay 2022!

Por |2022-09-09T07:31:25+00:00septiembre 8th, 2022|News|

Did you know that Agriculture provides most of the world's food and fabrics? Most of us are familiar with the term "Agriculture", however, do we actually know how meaningful its significance is? Are we actually aware of how important this term can be to our daily living? According to World Bank

Ingecor: olive leaf collecting & analysing of samples!

Por |2022-08-29T08:29:08+00:00agosto 29th, 2022|News, Project activity|

About Ingecor Founded in 2006, has its origins in the agroforestry management of the land. Ingecor's founding team has more than 15 years of experience in the forestry and agricultural sector. Its principal activity is this moment is management, storage and logistics of biomass for supply to electric power production plant.

#PartnerFeature: Oleícola El Tejar’s role in OLEAF4VALUE project

Por |2022-07-18T11:51:51+00:00julio 29th, 2022|News|

OLEICOLA EL TEJAR, partner of the OLEAF4VALUE project, is a second-tier agricultural cooperative whose corporate purpose is the integral use of olive by-products, especially the wet pomace resulting from the olive-oil milling industry. It was set up in 1967 by a group of five cooperatives and currently has 240 associated entities

OLEAF4VALUE celebrates first face-to-face General Assembly in Hervás, Spain!

Por |2022-06-29T11:07:59+00:00junio 29th, 2022|News, Project activity|

The first presential general assembly of the OLEAF4VALUE project was held on 22-24 June, after two first online versions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This GA was held in the town of Hervás (Extremadura, Spain), where the coordinator, NATAC, has an extraction factory equipped with the latest technology and located in

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