Tunisia: Olive Oil Yields Patents for Local Biochemistry Researcher

13 February 2009

Tunis — A Tunisian biochemistry researcher whose laboratory specializes in the characteristics of different varieties of Tunisian olive oil, has managed to register two patents respectively on the anti-oxidant qualities of one variety of olive oil that grows in the country's north western regions and on sterility therapy in certain animal species.

Dr Mokhtar Zarrouk who heads a research laboratory in which some 20 researchers are working, has been involved in identifying the therapeutic qualities of olive oil for many years. Dr Zarrouk's laboratory is located on the premises of the Bordj Cedria technological park, which specializes in biotechnologies, as well as renewable energies.

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