ACCUMULATION DES ACIDES AMINES LIBRES DANS LE MESOCARPE DE L'OLIVE APRES CONSERVATION A BASSE TEMPERATURE

Abstract
Free amino acids accumulated in the mesocarp after preservation of olives at 5 [plus or minus] 1 [degree]C 2 months in a closed vessel in darkness. Supplementary amino acids appear (phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, and tyrosine) which were not found in olive extracts immediately after picking. In frozen olives, each amino acid is found in a higher concentration than in olive extracts observed after picking and the relative proportions of amino acids differ. Effects of these changes on the development of larva of offspring Dacus oleae whose parent plants were treated with streptomycin are emphasized.