Vegetable lipids as components of functional foods

Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2002 Dec;146(2):3-10. doi: 10.5507/bp.2002.001.

Abstract

Nutritionally beneficial compounds naturally present in vegetable lipids will be subject of this minireview. This article will discuss lipidic compounds from less known vegetable sources and potential advantages of its incorporation into human diet as a functional ingredient.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dietary Fats / therapeutic use*
  • Food, Organic / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Phytosterols / chemistry
  • Phytosterols / therapeutic use
  • Plant Oils / chemistry
  • Plant Oils / therapeutic use*
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Dietary Fats
  • Phytosterols
  • Plant Oils
  • Terpenes