ÇEŞİTLİ BÖLGELERDE ÜRETİLEN GEMLİK ÇEŞİDİ NATÜREL ZEYTİNYAĞLARINDA OKSİDATİF STABİLİTE VE YAĞ ASİDİ BİLEŞENLERİ

In the present work, totally 16 commercial virgin olive oil samples produced by three phase extractionsystem from monocultivar (Gemlik cv) olives in various locations of East Mediterranean subzone (n=2)and East Aegean region (n=3), Kapidag Peninsula (n=4), East Marmara subzone (n=5) and Thrace region(n=2) of Turkey during 2009-2010 crop years were examined in terms of oxidative stability (rancimat)and some fatty acid profiles. Oxidative stability (rancimat) values of oil samples were between 7.67 hours(East Aegean Region) and 10.67 hours (Kapidag Peninsula). From maximum to minimum oxidative stability ofoils samples according to the cultivars followed Tekirdag< East Aegean< Bursa< East Mediterranean