Olive oil and health /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Quiles, José L. (Editor), Ramírez-Tortosa, M. Carmen (Editor), Yaqoob, Parveen (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Subjects:	Plant Oils > therapeutic use. Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > therapeutic use. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena. Olea > physiology. Olive oil > Health aspects. Crop Produce. Food Composition and Quality. Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries. Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition. Physiology of Human Nutrition. Techniques and Methodology. Analytical methods. Cardiovascular diseases. Chemical composition. Diabetes mellitus. Diet. Human diseases. Man. Metabolic disorders. Neoplasms. Nutritive value. Olive oil. Physicochemical properties. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Olive Oil in Mediterranean Food / José Mataix and Francisco Javier Barbancho
Chemical Composition, Types and Characteristics of Olive Oil / M. Carmen Ramírez-Tortosa, Sergio Granados and José L. Quiles
Total Antioxidant Capacity of Olive Oils / Nicoletta Pellegrini and Maurizio Battino
Effect of Frying and Thermal Oxidation on Olive Oil and Food Quality / Francisco J. Sánchez-Muniz and Sara Bastida
Antioxidant Properties of Olive Oil Phenolics / Francesco Visioli, Simona Grande, Paola Bogani and Claudio Galli
Olive Oil and Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress : Studies on Adriamycin Toxicity, Physical Exercise and Ageing / José L. Quiles, Julio J. Ochoa, Jesús R. Huertas, Magdalena López-Frías and José Mataix
Epidemiology of Olive Oil and Cardiovascular Disease / Marika Massaro, Egeria Scoditti, Maria Annunziata Carluccio and Raffaele De Caterina
Olive Oil, Blood Lipids and Postprandial Lipaemia / Javier S. Perona and Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez
Effect of Olive Oil on Cardiovascular Risk Factor, LDL Oxidation and Atherosclerosis Development / M. Dolores Mesa, Concepción M. Aguilera, Cesar L. Ramirez-Tortosa, Angel Gil and M. Carmen Ramirez-Tortosa
Olive Oil and Haemostasis / José López-Miranda, Angeles Blanco Molina and Francisco Pérez-Jiménez
Monounsaturated Fat in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diabetes / John Wright
Olive Oil and Immune Function / Parveen Yaqoob
Olive Oil and Regulation of Gastrointestinal Function / Mariano Mañas, M. Dolores Yago and Emilio Martínez-Victoria
The Effect of Olive Oil on Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Xavier Llor, Eduard Cabré and Miquel A. Gassull
Olive Oil, and Other Dietary Lipids, in Cancer : Experimental Approaches / Eduard Escrich, Montserrat Solanas and Raquel Moral.