Biological activities of phenolic compounds of extra virgin olive oil

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Servili, Maurizio ^a   Sordini, Beatrice ^a   Esposto, Sonia ^a   Urbani, Stefania ^a   Veneziani, Gianluca ^a   Di Maio, Ilona ^a   Selvaggini, Roberto ^a   Taticchi, Agnese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Extra virgin olive oil; Healthy; Phenols; Sensory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031719604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3010001     Document Type: Review

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