Handbook of Olive Oil

Phenolic Compounds, Production & Health Benefits

Buch | Hardcover

480 Seiten

2017
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-2356-2 (ISBN)

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This book examines the latest research in olive oil. Topics included in this book include biomedicinal activities of olive oil phenolic compounds, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, cardiovascular, endocrine, anticancer and central nervous system effects. Also, some insights related to bioavailability and synergistic activities are presented; a summary and critical analysis of the available information about phenolic compounds in VOO; the beneficial effects of phenolic compounds, contained in extra virgin olive oil, which have been reported in the last few years; an overview of different analytical approaches, including the most recent advances, and the difficulties regarding phenolic compounds determination in olive oil; olive oil wastes (OMW) characteristics, bio-valorisation potentialities and treatment options with regard to the economic feasibility, environmental regulations and challenges of existing waste disposal practices in olive-growing countries are discussed; the health effects of olive oil, including for the liver; a summary of the knowledge of the in vitro and in vivo effects of oleocanthal comparing, where available; the determinant factors that affect Japans olive oil imports; research on oleocanthal and its promising applications as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for several diseases; and an examination of the organic olive oil sector, demonstrating its importance in terms of wealth and economic impact.

Preface; Extra Virgin Olive Oils: Production & Polyphenolic Composition; Olive Varieties & Phenolic Compounds in Olive Oils; Biomedicinal Aspects & Activities of Olive Oil Phenolic Compounds; An Overview of Sample Treatment & Analytical Methodologies for the Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Olive Oils; The Natural Variation of Phenolic Compounds in the Fruits & Oils of Olive; Hydroxytyrosol & Tyrosol, Phenolic Compounds of Virgin Olive Oil, Could Act Like Anti-Inflammatories in Chronic Inflammation; Oleocanthal: the New Promising Compound of Extra Virgin Olive Oils; The Health Benefits of Olive Oil Phenolic Compounds; Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Hepatoprotective Effects; The Health Benefits of Oleocanthal & Other Olive Oil Phenols; Health & Economic Impact: Organic Olive Oil; Potential of Virgin Olive Oil against Cancer: An Overview of in vitro & in vivo Studies; Hydroxytyrosol & Tyrosol, Main Phenols of Virgin Olive Oil, as Healthy Natural Products in Human Breast Cancer Prevention: A Review; Consumption of Extra Virgin Olive Oil & the Components of the Metabolic Syndrome; Environmental Factors Affecting the Phenolic Profile of Virgin Olive Oil: Compositional, Biochemical & Molecular Aspects; Networking Entrepreneurship in High Quality Agri-Food: The Case of Olive Oil Production in Apulia; The Growing Import & Domestic Production of Olive Oil in Japan: The Application of Gravity Model; The Effects of Agronomic & Technological Aspects on the Phenolic Profile of Virgin Olive Oil; An Overview on Olive Oil Mill Wastes Management & Bio-Valorization; The Recovery of Added-Value Compounds from Olive Mill Wastewater; Patents of Invention on Hydraulic Presses in the Historical Archive of the Spanish Office of Patents & Trademarks for Olive-Oil Production: An Overview (1826-1966); Chemometric Analysis of Geographic Location & Lipophilic Antioxidants in Tunisian Extra Virgin Olive Oils (Olea europaea L.); Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	1048 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
ISBN-10	1-5361-2356-0 / 1536123560
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-2356-2 / 9781536123562
Zustand	Neuware