Olive tree (Olea europaea) leaves: Potential beneficial effects on human health

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 632-638

  El, Sedef N ^a   Karakaya, Sibel ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiatherogenic; Antihypertensive; Antioxidant; Hypoglycemic; Oleuropein; Olive leaves

Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; APIGENIN; APIGETRIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CATECHIN; DIOSMETIN; DOXORUBICIN; ERYTHRODIOL; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HYDROXYTYROSOL; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; OLEANOLIC ACID; OLEUROPEIN; OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; SECOIRIDOID; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENOID; TYROSOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VANILLIC ACID; VANILLIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OLEA; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PYRANS;

EID: 74949115310     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00248.x     Document Type: Review

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