oleo

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oleo

margarine: I prefer butter to oleo.

Not to be confused with:

olio – a dish of many ingredients; hodgepodge; medley or potpourri; miscellany: an olio of gadgets

o·le·o

(ō′lē-ō′)

n. pl. o·le·os

Margarine.

[Short for oleomargarine.]

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o•le•o

(ˈoʊ liˌoʊ)

n.

Older Use. margarine.

[1880–85]

oleo-

a combining form meaning “oil”: oleoresin.

[< Latin, comb. form representing oleum oil]

Oleo

When Margarine was referred to by its original full name of Oleomargarine, it was often just called “oleo” for short.

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Noun

oleo - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

margarine, marge, oleomargarine, margarin

vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

stick - a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine

paste, spread - a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

trans fatty acid - a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils

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As per MRFR Analysis, some of the prominent market factors and trends identified in the Global Oleo Chemicals Market include rapid use of soaps & detergent products owing to supplement the expanding global population

Oleo Chemicals Market Analysis, Scope, Stake, Progress, Trends and Forecast to 2023

Embora a recomendacao do acrescimo de oleo vegetal in natura tenha sido proposta em 2002 (4), ate a presente data nao foi verificado se esta recomendacao tornou-se uma pratica dietetica na recuperacao da desnutricao infantil.

Factorial structure of the questionnaire for the inclusion of in natura vegetable oil in the diet of children/ Estrutura fatorial do questionario de adocao do oleo vegetal in natura de acrescimo na dieta infantil

Devido a predominancia de 70-80% de TCM, o oleo de coco e classificado como uma gordura saturada (Rodrigues, 2012).

UTILIZACAO DO OLEO DE COCO NA REDUCAO DE PESO E CIRCUNFERENCIA ABDOMINAL EM PRATICANTES DE ATIVIDADE FISICA DE UMA ACADEMIA DE UM MUNICIPIO NO NORTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Pesquisas sugerem que, a ingestao de alimentos funcionais como o oleo de palma (Bester e colaboradores, 2010) e glutamina (Resnick e colaboradores, 2012) produzem beneficios sobre o metabolismo humano.

Influence ileal release of palm oil and glutamine on intestinal peptide GLP-1 in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity/INFLUENCIA DA CAPSULA DE LIBERACAO ILEAL DE OLEO DE PALMA E DE GLUTAMINA SOBRE PEPTIDEOS INTESTINAIS GLP-1 EM PACIENTES COM DIABETES TIPO 2

Both Chemrez and Oleo Fats featured their various coconut-based products during the first World Coconut Congress.

DNL units lead 'green chemistry' using coconut-derived products

Por conta disso, o uso do oleo essencial e visto como fonte de prevencao eficaz e de baixo custo contra tais tipos de bacteriaspois as cascas de laranja (fonte da materia-prima para obtencao deste oleo) sao geralmente descartadas e nao reutilizadas posteriormente.

ATIVIDADE ANTIBACTERIANA DO OLEO ESSENCIAL EXTRAIDO DA CASCA DA LARANJA PERA FRENTE AS BACTERIAS DA FAMILIA ENTEROBACTEREACEA

Com isso, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a atividade moduladora do oleo essencial das folhas frescas de Hyptis martiusii Benth em associacao com diferentes antibioticos frente as bacterias Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli e Pseudomonas aeruginosa, como tambem avaliar a atividade citotoxica da especie.

Assessment of Modulatory and Cytotoxic Activity of the Essential Oil in Hyptis Martiusii Benth Leaves/Avaliacao da atividade moduladora e citotoxica do oleo essencial das folhas de Hyptis martiusii Benth/Evaluacion de la actividad moduladora y citotoxica del aceite esencial de las hojas de Hyptis martiusii Benth

Apesar da norma legal no Brasil, o volume de oleo coletado no mes de maio de 2017 correspondeu somente a 39,20% do oleo comercializado, segundo dados do Boletim de Lubrificantes da Agencia Nacional de Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiveis [ANP] (2017).

Evaluation of collection of used and contamined lubricant oil in the municipality of Sao Mateus-ES/Avaliacao da coleta de oleo lubrificante usado e contaminado no municipio de Sao Mateus/Evaluacion de La colecta de aceite lubricante usado y contaminado em El municipio de Sao Mateus-ES

O oleo da castanha-do-Brasil e constituido por diversos acidos graxos, estando entre os principais o acido palmitico (13,8%), acido estearico (8,7%), acido oleico (31,4%) e acido linoleico (45,2%).

EXTRACCION ASISTIDA POR ULTRASONIDO Y CARACTERIZACION DE ACEITE DE NUEZ DE BRASIL (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.)

Multiple tests in a large tank showed that the Oleo Sponge works, both on the surface of the water and below it, collecting crude oil and diesel.