Anticarcinogenic compounds of olive oil and related biomarkers
2008
Sotiroudis, Theodore G | Kyrtopoulos, Soterios A
Olive oil, one of the oldest vegetable oils consumed without any refining, is associated with a reduced risk of a number of common cancers. Minor constituents of virgin olive oil have been suggested to be among the major chemopreventive components. A brief overview is presented of recent findings concerning the bioavailability of certain important olive oil minor components including efficient antioxidant polyphenols, the triterpene hydrocarbon squalene and β-sitosterol, considered as putative nutritional biomarkers, in relation to the incidence of cancer.
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