title: The antioxidative protecting role of the Mediterranean diet.
abstract: Recent meta-analysis shows that adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MD) can significantly decrease the risk of overall mortality, mortality from cardiovascular diseases, as well as incidence of mortality from cancer, and incidence of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. All of these diseases could be linked to oxidative stress (OS) as antioxidative effect of MD is getting more attention nowadays. Although a lot of research has been done in this area and it suggests antioxidative protective role of MD, the presented evidence is still inconclusive. The aim of this paper is to review studies investigating the effect of MD on OS, as well as to identify the areas for further research.
authors: University of Zagreb, Center of Applied Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia. mortner@pahrma.hr
authors: Maja Ortner
authors: MO
authors: Hadziabdić
authors: Velimir
authors: V
authors: Bozikov
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Pavić
authors: Zeljko
authors: Z
authors: Romić
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants