Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) consumption and antioxidant status in healthy institutionalized elderly humans

• Published in: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 234 - 242
• Main Authors: Oliveras-López, María-Jesús, Molina, José Joaquín Muros, Mir, Marina Villalón, Rey, Encarnación Fontao, Martín, Francisco, de la Serrana, Herminia López-García
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antioxidant enzymes; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - physiology; Catalase - blood; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Consumption; Double-Blind Method; Elderly; Elderly people; EVOO; Female; Glutathione Peroxidase - blood; Health; Humans; Institutionalized; Internal Medicine; Lipids; Male; Olive Oil; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Parameters; Phenylethyl Alcohol - analogs & derivatives; Phenylethyl Alcohol - blood; Plant Oils - pharmacology; Polyphenols; Superoxide Dismutase - blood; Triglycerides - blood; OH-Tyr; Health; Antioxidant enzymes; 3,4-DHPE-EA; tyrosol; Tyr; extra virgin olive oil; EVOO; oleuropein aglycone; Polyphenols; 3,4-DHPE-EDA; hydroxytyrosol; Elderly; deacetoxy oleuropein aglycone

Abstract Recent studies show that the elderly have increased oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant defense systems. Our study aims to evaluate the effects of daily consumption of EVOO in the healthy institutionalized elderly. We studied anthropometric, biochemical and antioxidant parameters in 6...