| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 622 pages) : illustrations |
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Nutrition and diet research progress |
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Nutrition and diet research progress series.
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| Contents |
OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH -- OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SQUALENE AND HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Antioxidant Properties in Vivo and in Vitro -- Bioavailability of Squalene in Animal Models and in Humans -- Animal models: rat -- Human -- Absorption of squalene and its use as a marker of intestinal postprandial lipoproteins -- Hepatic squalene and sterol metabolism -- Serum and lipoprotein squalene -- Squalene distribution -- Elimination of squalene -- Intracellular Transport of this Lipophilic Molecule |
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Squalene May Neutralize Different Xenobiotics Squalene as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent -- Squalene and Atherosclerosis -- Squalene and statins -- Anti- Neoplastic Properties of Squalene -- Cancer chemoprevention -- Squalene as coadjutant in cancer treatment -- Mechanisms of Squalene Action in Cancer Chemoprevention and Regression -- A Component of Skin Lipids and with a Role in Skin Ageing and Pathology -- Squalene and sebaceous glands -- Lipid peroxides and skin diseases -- Its Use to Boost Antigenicity of Several Vaccines -- Other Properties |
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Toxicity at High Levels of Intake (Neuropathy and Pneumonia) Antibodies Against Squalene in Certain Individuals -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED -- REFERENCES -- OLIVE OIL AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH REVISITED -- ABSTRACT -- 1. MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH -- 2. OLIVE OIL AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH -- 2.1. Composition and Description -- 2.2. Cardiovascular Healthful Properties -- 2.2.1. Olive oil as a MUFA source of fat -- 2.2.2. The specific role of olive oil�s phenolic compounds -- 3. NUTRIGENOMICS ERA |
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3.1. Introduction 3.2. Nutrigenetics vs Nutrigenomics -- 3.3. Nutrigenomics Principles (“Know-How�) -- 3.3.1. Introduction to the field -- 3.3.2. How does nutrigenomics work? -- 4. OLIVE OIL AND MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN NUTRIGENOMICS STUDIES CONCERNING CVD RISK PREVENTION -- REFERENCES -- AUTHENTICATION OF VIRGIN OLIVE OIL BY 1H-NMR AND 13C AND 2H-IRMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Production and Commercialization of Virgin Olive Oil in the European Union -- 1.2. Characterization of Virgin Olive Oils -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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2.1. Chemicals and Plant Material 2.2. NMR Analysis -- 2.3. IRMS Analysis -- 2.4. Data Analysis -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. 1H-NMR Spectra of Virgin Olive Oils -- 3.2. Influence of the Year of Harvest on 1H-NMR Fingerprint of Virgin Olive Oils -- 3.3. 13C and 2H of virgin olive oils by IRMS -- 3.3.1. Countries producing virgin olive oils -- 3.3.2. Italian virgin olive oils -- 3.3. Spanish Virgin Olive Oils -- 3.3.4. PDO virgin olive oils -- 3.4. Geographical Characterization of Virgin Olive Oil -- 3.4.1. PDO olive oil of riviera ligure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Olive oil -- Health aspects
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Dietary Fats, Unsaturated -- therapeutic use
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Olea
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Plant Oils -- therapeutic use
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MEDICAL -- Diet Therapy.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition.
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Olive oil -- Health aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corrigan, James D
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| ISBN |
9781617611704 |
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1617611700 |
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