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Levels of fatty acids determined by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance analysis were similar to those reported for olive oils (82.30%\u201384.47%; 5.69%\u20137.78%; 0.26%\u20130.41% and 8.04%\u201311.2%, for oleic, linoleic, linolenic and saturated acids, respectively). The CR oil showed the best antioxidant potential in the three in vitro models tested. With regard to EC50 values (\u00b5g\/mL), the order in DPPH radical-scavenging was CR (33.48) &lt; CO (35.20) &lt; CS (54.87). Effectiveness in reducing power was CR (2.81) &lt; CO (3.09) &lt; CS (5.32). IC50 for LPO inhibition were 0.37, 0.52 and 0.75 \u00b5g\/mL for CR, CO and CS, respectively. All the oils showed antimicrobial activity, and exhibited different selectivity and MICs for each microorganism tested (E. coli, B. cereus and C. albicans). B. cereus was the less sensitive species (MIC: 52.083 \u00b1 18.042 for CO; 41.667 \u00b1 18.042 for CR; 104.167 \u00b1 36.084 for CS mg\/mL) and the E. coli was the most sensitive to camellia oil\u2019s effect. The standard gentamicin presented higher MIC for E. coli (4.2) than the CR (MIC= 2.6) and CO (MIC = 3.9) oils.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules18044573","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,18]],"date-time":"2013-04-18T11:45:04Z","timestamp":1366285504000},"page":"4573-4587","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":58,"title":["Triacylglyceride, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Features of Virgin Camellia oleifera, C. reticulata and C. sasanqua Oils"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8017-470X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xes\u00fas","family":"Fe\u00e1s","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela,  E-27080 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Leticia","family":"Estevinho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMO-Mountain Research Center, Agricultural College of Bragan\u00e7a, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan\u00e7a, Campus Santa Apol\u00f3nia, E 5301-855 Bragan\u00e7a, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Carmen","family":"Salinero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Areeiro Phytopathological Station, Pontevedra Deputation, Subida a la Robleda s\/n,  E36153 Pontevedra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Pilar","family":"Vela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Areeiro Phytopathological Station, Pontevedra Deputation, Subida a la Robleda s\/n,  E36153 Pontevedra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda","family":"Sainz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences,  University of Santiago de Compostela, E-27002 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda","family":"V\u00e1zquez-Tato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela,  E-27080 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5201-8873","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julio","family":"Seijas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela,  E-27080 Lugo, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"366","article-title":"Theaceae","volume":"Volume 12","author":"Wu","year":"2007","journal-title":"Flora of China"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"127","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jep.2007.02.012","article-title":"Effect of Camellia japonica oil on human type I procollagen production and skin barrier function","volume":"112","author":"Jung","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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