Model Study on the Effect of 15 Phenolic Olive Mill Wastewater

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J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005, 53, 8414−8417

Model Study on the Effect of 15 Phenolic Olive Mill Wastewater Constituents on Seed Germination and Vibrio fischeri Metabolism MARINA ISIDORI,* MARGHERITA LAVORGNA, ANGELA NARDELLI, ALFREDO PARRELLA

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Seconda Universita` di Napoli, Via Vivaldi 43, I-81100 Caserta, Italy

Olive mill wastewaters (OMW) can be a severe problem when disposed of as untreated because of their high organic load, elevated concentration of polyphenols, and moderately low biodegradability. In the present study, the acute toxicity of 15 compounds with low molecular weight (60 KDa (16) and other fractions (from 8 to 60 KDa and