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Olive oil and health [electronic resource] / - New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011. - 1 online resource (xxi, 622 pages) : illustrations. - Nutrition and diet research progress . - Nutrition and diet research progress series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH""; ""OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""SQUALENE AND HEALTH ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Antioxidant Properties in Vivo and in Vitro ""; ""Bioavailability of Squalene in Animal Models and in Humans ""; ""Animal models: rat ""; ""Human ""; ""Absorption of squalene and its use as a marker of intestinal postprandial lipoproteins ""; ""Hepatic squalene and sterol metabolism ""; ""Serum and lipoprotein squalene ""; ""Squalene distribution ""; ""Elimination of squalene ""; ""Intracellular Transport of this Lipophilic Molecule "" ""Squalene May Neutralize Different Xenobiotics """"Squalene as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent ""; ""Squalene and Atherosclerosis ""; ""Squalene and statins ""; ""Anti- Neoplastic Properties of Squalene ""; ""Cancer chemoprevention ""; ""Squalene as coadjutant in cancer treatment ""; ""Mechanisms of Squalene Action in Cancer Chemoprevention and Regression ""; ""A Component of Skin Lipids and with a Role in Skin Ageing and Pathology ""; ""Squalene and sebaceous glands ""; ""Lipid peroxides and skin diseases ""; ""Its Use to Boost Antigenicity of Several Vaccines ""; ""Other Properties "" ""Toxicity at High Levels of Intake (Neuropathy and Pneumonia) """"Antibodies Against Squalene in Certain Individuals ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""OLIVE OIL AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH REVISITED ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH""; ""2. OLIVE OIL AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH ""; ""2.1. Composition and Description ""; ""2.2. Cardiovascular Healthful Properties ""; ""2.2.1. Olive oil as a MUFA source of fat ""; ""2.2.2. The specific role of olive oil�a�?s phenolic compounds ""; ""3. NUTRIGENOMICS ERA "" ""3.1. Introduction """"3.2. Nutrigenetics vs Nutrigenomics ""; ""3.3. Nutrigenomics Principles (�a��Know-How�a�?) ""; ""3.3.1. Introduction to the field ""; ""3.3.2. How does nutrigenomics work? ""; ""4. OLIVE OIL AND MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN NUTRIGENOMICS STUDIES CONCERNING CVD RISK PREVENTION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""AUTHENTICATION OF VIRGIN OLIVE OIL BY 1H-NMR AND 13C AND 2H-IRMS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""1.1. Production and Commercialization of Virgin Olive Oil in the European Union ""; ""1.2. Characterization of Virgin Olive Oils ""; ""2. MATERIALS AND METHODS "" ""2.1. Chemicals and Plant Material """"2.2. NMR Analysis ""; ""2.3. IRMS Analysis ""; ""2.4. Data Analysis ""; ""3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ""; ""3.1. 1H-NMR Spectra of Virgin Olive Oils ""; ""3.2. Influence of the Year of Harvest on 1H-NMR Fingerprint of Virgin Olive Oils ""; ""3.3. 13C and 2H of virgin olive oils by IRMS ""; ""3.3.1. Countries producing virgin olive oils ""; ""3.3.2. Italian virgin olive oils ""; ""3.3. Spanish Virgin Olive Oils ""; ""3.3.4. PDO virgin olive oils ""; ""3.4. Geographical Characterization of Virgin Olive Oil""; ""3.4.1. PDO olive oil of riviera ligure ""

ISBN: 9781617611704 1617611700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Olive oil--Health aspects.
Olea.
Plant Oils--therapeutic use.
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated--therapeutic use.
Olive oil--Health aspects.
Vegetable oils--Health aspects.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QU 86