title: Biological and Nutritional Properties of Palm Oil and Palmitic Acid: Effects on Health.
abstract: A growing body of evidence highlights the close association between nutrition and human health. Fat is an essential macronutrient, and vegetable oils, such as palm oil, are widely used in the food industry and highly represented in the human diet. Palmitic acid, a saturated fatty acid, is the principal constituent of refined palm oil. In the last few decades, controversial studies have reported potential unhealthy effects of palm oil due to the high palmitic acid content. In this review we provide a concise and comprehensive update on the functional role of palm oil and palmitic acid in the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The atherogenic potential of palmitic acid and its stereospecific position in triacylglycerols are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli "Parthenope", via Medina 40, Napoli 80133, Italy. annamaria.mancini@uniparthenope.it.|CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. annamaria.mancini@uniparthenope.it.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.affiliation: CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. imperlini@ceinge.unina.it.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imperlini
authors.affiliation: CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. nigro@ceinge.unina.it.
authors.forename: Ersilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nigro
authors.affiliation: CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. montagnese@ceinge.unina.it.
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montagnese
authors.affiliation: CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. aurora.daniele@unina2.it.|Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche Farmaceutiche, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, via G. Vivaldi 42, Caserta 81100, Italy. aurora.daniele@unina2.it.
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daniele
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli "Parthenope", via Medina 40, Napoli 80133, Italy. orru@uniparthenope.it.|CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. orru@uniparthenope.it.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orrù
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli "Parthenope", via Medina 40, Napoli 80133, Italy. buono@uniparthenope.it.|CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli 80145, Italy. buono@uniparthenope.it.
authors.forename: Pasqualina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D000073878:Palm Oil; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D010938:Plant Oils; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D000073878:Palm Oil
keywords: MUFA; PUFA; SFA; T2DM; TAG; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; obesity; palm oil; palmitic acid