Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet: Metabolic and Molecular Mechanisms

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 318-326

  Tosti, Valeria ^a   Bertozzi, Beatrice ^a   Fontana, Luigi ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brescia University Medical School   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HORMONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MICROFLORA; NEOPLASM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICROBIOTA; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 85042914160     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glx227     Document Type: Review

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