Are the olive oil and other dietary lipids related to cancer? Experimental evidence

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 868-883

  Escrich, Eduard ^a   Solanas, Montserrat ^a   Moral, Raquel ^a   Costa, Irmgard ^a   Grau, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dietary lipids; Mechanisms of action; Mediterranean diet; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

BREAST CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLON CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FAT INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49749143387     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-006-0150-5     Document Type: Review

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