USING EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL TO COOK VEGETABLES ENHANCES POLYPHENOL AND CAROTENOID EXTRACTABILITY: A STUDY APPLYING THE SOFRITO TECHNIQUE

Using Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Cook Vegetables Enhances Polyphenol and Carotenoid Extractability: A Study Applying the sofrito Technique

Olive oil is the main source of fat in the Mediterranean diet and HAND the most frequently used ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine.Cooking with olive oil has been attracting attention because it can act as a food excipient, thereby increasing the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of ingested bioactive compounds.The aim of this study was to unde

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Feeding ecology of demersal elasmobranchs from the shelf and slope off the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

The feeding ecology of eight demersal elasmobranchs, three sharks (Etmopterus spinax, Scyliorhinus canicula and Galeus melastomus) and five batoids (Myliobatis aquila, Leucoraja naevus, Raja polystigma, R.miraletus and R.clavata), from the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean) was analyzed.For each species, the diet and Console Set feeding habits we

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EFFECT OF NITROGEN FERTILIZATION AND UNDERSOWING ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF CYNOSURETUM CRISTATI-TYPE MEADOWS IN HILLY-MOUNTAINOUS GRASSLANDS IN SERBIA

The trial was carried out during two years (2003 and 2004) on Oven Mitts Cynosuretum cristati-type meadow in the hillymountainous region of Serbia (altitude 1158 m).The investigation included five nitrogen fertilizer rates (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 kg ha-1 yr-1) and undersowing with red clover and birdsfoot trefoil.Increase in nitrogen fertilization

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