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Olive oil phenolics: Where do we stand? Where should we go?
Author(s) -
Visioli Francesco
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.5715
Subject(s) - olive oil , mediterranean diet , micronutrient , mediterranean climate , mediterranean area , edible oil , food science , antioxidant , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , business , biology , medicine , ecology , biochemistry , pathology
The formulation of an antioxidant/atherosclerosis hypothesis stimulated experimental and epidemiological studies on the possible role of micronutrients, including olive oil phenolics, in the protection from cardiovascular disease observed in the Mediterranean area. This article prospectively summarises our current knowledge of olive phenolics, underscore our gaps in information, and brings forward areas that are, as yet, to be explored. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry