Extra virgin olive oil and cardiovascular diseases: Benefits for human health

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 4-13

  Nocella, Cristina ^a   Cammisotto, Vittoria ^b   Fianchini, Luca ^b   D’Amico, Alessandra ^a   Novo, Marta ^b   Castellani, Valentina ^b   Stefanini, Lucia ^b   Violi, Francesco ^b   Carnevale, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti atherosclerotic nutrient; Antioxidant; Cardiovascular disease; Endothelial dysfunction; Extra virgin olive oil; Nutraceutica

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OLEIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; THROMBOXANE B2; TOCOPHEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLIVE OIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOOD QUALITY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; RISK; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD QUALITY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; OLIVE OIL; RISK; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 85040351665     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: 22123873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871530317666171114121533     Document Type: Review

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