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Olive Oil Analysis

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Essential Oils and Waxes

Part of the book series: Modern Methods of Plant Analysis ((MOLMETHPLANT,volume 12))

Abstract

Olive oil is extracted from the fruit of the olive tree, Olea europea L., one of the oldest-known cultivated trees in the world.

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  1. A. Kiritsakis
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  1. Goldberglein 7, W-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Hans Ferdinand Linskens

  2. Department of Viticulture, Enology and Horticulture Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, 5064, Glen Osmond, S.A., Australia

    John F. Jackson

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Kiritsakis, A., Markakis, P. (1991). Olive Oil Analysis. In: Linskens, H.F., Jackson, J.F. (eds) Essential Oils and Waxes. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84023-4_1

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