Olive oil and cardiovascular health

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Covas, María Isabel ^a   Konstantinidou, Valentini ^a   Fitó, Montserrat ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hypertension; Inflammation; Lipids; Monounsaturated; Olive oil; Oxidation; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLEIC ACID; OLEOCANTHAL; OLIVE OIL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SQUALENE; STEROL; THROMBOXANE B2; TOCOPHEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; NUTRIGENOMICS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 74949130959     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181c5e7fd     Document Type: Review

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