Olive oil and health / James D. Corrigan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrigan, James D.

Series:

Nutrition and diet research progress series.

Nutrition and diet research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olive oil--Health aspects.

Olive oil.

Vegetable oils--Health aspects.

Vegetable oils.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (646 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents topical research in the study of olive oil including innovative co-adjuvants to improve olive oil extraction; the chemical composition of olive oil; pesticide residues in olive oil; and, natural antioxidants from olive mill wastes.

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 ""

""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 ""

""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 ""

""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 ""

""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 ""

""3.4.2. Virgin olive oils from italian regions ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61761-170-0