Fatty acids, sterols and antioxidant compounds of minor and neglected cultivar of Sicilian virgin olive oils

Progress in Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Mineo, Valerio ^a   Planeta, D ^a   Finoli, C ^a   Giuliano, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Agenzia delle Dogane di Palermo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidic composition; Olive oil; Polar phenols; Sterols; Tocopherols; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIVE OIL; PHENOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PIGMENT; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ITALY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROL ANALYSIS; VARIETAS;

EID: 38849209075     PISSN: 11298723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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