The health benefiting mechanisms of virgin olive oil phenolic compounds

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Parkinson, Lisa ^a   Cicerale, Sara ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health benefits; Inflammation; Olive oil; Olive oil phenolics

Indexed keywords

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL; ALDEHYDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IRIDOID; OLEOCANTHAL; OLEUROPEIN; OLIVE OIL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HUMAN;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IRIDOIDS; OLIVE OIL; PHENOLS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 85007173732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21121734     Document Type: Review

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