Oleuropein is the active ingredient or glucoside, found in green olives and olive leaf. Olive leaf is found on the olive tree. Another active ingredient found in olive leaf is hydroxytyrosol, polyphenols, flavonoids, and Oleocanthal. Oleuropein and olive oil, extracted from green olives and olive leaves, are known in alternative medicine for its medicinal benefits.
Oleuropein or olive oil is known for its anti-aging effects, its antifungal properties, its anti-infllamatory properties, its antibiotic properties and its immunostimulators.
1. Olive leaf extract has a similar antiviral action to many anti-retroviral drugs, as both a potent protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
2. Olive leaf extract also appears to be effective in the treatment of many of the opportunistic infections associated.
1. Water-soluble extract of olive leaves as a function of active ingredients added to cosmetics and beverages
2. Olive leaf extract is widely used as health food and pharmaceutical raw materials, usually capsules, tablets, granules, and other formulations.
