Melatonin is a phytochemical in olive oil

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 609-612

  de la Puerta, Cristina ^a   Carrascosa Salmoral, María P ^a   García Luna, Pedro P ^b   Lardone, Patricia J ^a   Herrera, Juan L ^a   Fernández Montesinos, Rafael ^a   Guerrero, Juan M ^a,b   Pozo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Identification; Melatonin; Olive oil; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; OLIVE OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SPAIN;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 34247529367     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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