“…Many studies have reported the effectiveness of this extract in retarding lipid peroxidation. Thus, it has been applied to various foods, such as fried oils 2 , liver pate 3 , cooked pork meat 4 , minced sardines Sardina pilchardus 5 , deep-water pink shrimps 6 , and chicken sausages 7 , displaying good results with respect to antioxidative effects. Phenolic diterpenes, such as carnosic acid, carnosol, and rosmanol, and fl avonoids, have been identifi ed as major constituents that contribute to the antioxidative effects of rosemary 8,9 .…”