Antioxidants in greek virgin olive oils

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 387-413

  Kalogeropoulos, Nick ^a   Tsimidou, Maria Z ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek virgin olive oil; Polyphenols; Squalene; Tocopherols; Triterpenic acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920132932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3020387     Document Type: Review

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