Possible Interaction: Antioxidants and Olive Oil

“However, pretreatment of rats with CO or OO for 24 days slightly enhanced antioxidant and antioxidant enzyme activities and significantly reduced inflammatory damage and lipid peroxidation, thus ameliorating acetic acid-induced colitis.”

“ Olive oil phenolic compounds have also been shown to improve HDL antioxidant capacities and some anti-inflammatory traits.”

“ EVOO and its OOLF fraction exhibited a pronounced enhancement of antioxidant status while a partial recovery in the antioxidant status was obtained with the OOHF fraction.”

“On the other hand, the mRNA expression levels of factors involved in inflammatory processes, cell growth recovery, and antioxidant response , as heme oxygenase-1, were differently stimulated by EVOOs.”

“The results imply that diet composition olive oil , nuts, and fish in particular—combined with physical activity modify antioxidant capacity.”

“ Virgin olive oil consumption increases the levels of phenolic metabolites in HDL and thus provides human HDL with more efficient antioxidant protection.”

“A Mediterranean diet, supplemented with olive oil , increases plasma antioxidant capacity, suggesting that its implementation can have a favorable effect on the aforementioned phenomena.”

“ Antioxidants are believed to be responsible for a number of olive oil ’s biologic activities.”

“Our findings suggest that EVOO is a daily functional food capable of enhancing the antioxidant system for liver protection; the effect is potentially attributed to the phenolic and lipophenolic (phenol conjugated by fatty acids) content.”

“ Olive oil induced decreased antioxidant Mn-superoxide dismutase activity and diminished protein carbonyl concentration, indicating that olive oil may exert direct antioxidant effect on myocardium.”