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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
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Randomised Controlled Trial
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In vivo research / Experimental Research
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Prospective/ Cohort Studies
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Cross-sectional Studies/ Database
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Public Health and Environmental Practice
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A review on the recent advances in the metabolomics of virgin olive oil (VOO) provides insight on its possible applications to ensure food safety, quality, and authenticity as a key component of the Mediterranean Diet. The review focuses on the use of various techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), spectroscopy and mass spectrometry-based techniques (mainly LC/GC–MS) combined with multivariate statistical analyses. Through these methods and more‐powerful analytical methodologies, metabolomic analyses could confirm the health-promoting and nutritional properties of VOO.
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Increasing evidence support the notion that consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) reduces blood pressure and the incidence of hypertension. The following study that employed an animal model, analyzed the effects of EVOO phenols on mesenteric artery (MA) resistance to better understand the vascular pathways involved. It was concluded that phenols have bioactive properties that could mediate the antihypertensive effects of EVOO.
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The benefits of extra virgin olive oil apply not only to chronic degenerative diseases, but recent research has also identified possible antimalarial activity. In this study, the effects of an Olea europaea extract were evaluated in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. Two compounds from the crude extract showed significant antimalarial activities including suppressed parasitemia and antiplasmodial activity, with no apparent signs of toxicity and mortality.
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