Olive-oil consumption and health: The possible role of antioxidants

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Owen, Robert W ^a   Giacosa, Attilio ^c   Hull, William E ^b   Haubner, Roswitha ^a   Würtele, Gerd ^a   Spiegelhalder, Bertold ^a   Bartsch, Helmut ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c German Cancer Research Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIVE OIL; PHENOLIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0034309109     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(00)00015-2     Document Type: Review

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