[The sterolic fraction of virgin olive oil and its and its analytical significance].

Abstract

The influence of the cultivar factor over the composition of the sterolic fraction of virgin olive oil has been verified by G.L.C. Such a fraction is not influenced by either the poor condition of the olives or the auto-oxidation process of oil. The use of many selective stationary phases like OV-17 in comparison with the SE-30 doesn't improve the analitic situation aiming at guarding the genuineness of the virgin oil. The analytic results confirm the value of the official method, even if, in the very few cases of oils with an insufficient level of beta-sitosteroil, blending it is necessary.