The Lipid Handbook, Second EditionA great deal of research has been carried out on this important class of compounds in the last ten years. To ensure that scientists are kept up to date, the editors of the First Edition of The Lipid Handbook have completely reviewed and extensively revised their highly successful original work. The Lipid Handbook: Second Edition is an indispensable resource for anyone working with oils, fats, and related substances. |
Contents
Fatty acid structure | 1 |
Lipid structure | 21 |
Occurrence and characteristics of oils and fats | 47 |
Separation and isolation procedures | 225 |
Processing of fats and oils | 249 |
Analytical methods | 319 |
Synthesis | 359 |
structural and physical characteristics | 401 |
optical and spectral characteristics | 487 |
Chemical properties | 561 |
Lipid metabolism | 605 |
Medical and agricultural aspects of lipids | 665 |
Index | 709 |
Common terms and phrases
Academic Press Acta acyl alcohols American Oil Chemists aqueous autoxidation Biochemistry Biochim biological membranes Biophys butter carbon atoms catalyst cell CH₂ chain packing Chapman chemical chemical shifts cholesterol chromatography cm-¹ components compounds contain crystal forms crystal structure cubic diene diffraction double bonds ether Fatty acid composition fatty acids further reading given in Table glycerides glycerol glycolipids Gunstone H₂O hydrocarbon chains hydrogen hydroxy Iodine value isomers Kates lamellar Larsson linoleic linoleic acid linolenic lipid bilayer Lipid Res liquid liquid-crystalline liquid-crystalline phase Luzzati melting point membrane method methyl methyl esters mixture molecular molecules monoglycerides monolayer obtained Oil Chem oleic acid oxidation phosphatides phosphatidylcholine phospholipids Phys polar protein reaction References and further sample saturated seed oils separation shown in Fig soap sodium solvent soybean spectra spectroscopy sterols subcell surface temperature trans transition triacylglycerols triglycerides unsaturated X-ray