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Lipids in health and nutrition /
Lipids have a variety of functions in the human body which have increasingly been under the spotlight in recent years. A multidisciplinary book, Lipids in health and nutrition addresses the chemical, biochemical and physiological aspects of these widely occurring compounds. International experts com...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
1999.
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| Colección: | Special Publication ;
Number 44 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Lipids in Health and Nutrition; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Lipids: Global Resources and Consumption; 1 Introduction; 2 Seventeen Major Oils; 3 World Supplies of Major Oils-Amounts and Geographical Sources; 4 Productivity; 5 Consumption (Disappearance); 6 Fatty Acid Composition; 7 Extending the Use and Supply of Natural Lipids; 8 Oils Other than the 17 Major Oils; References; Chapter 2. Studying Lipid Metabolism Using Stable Isotopes; 1 Introduction; 2 Stable Isotopes and Stable Isotope Tracers; 3 Analytical Instrumentation; 4 Applications; References.
- Chapter 3. Trans Unsaturated Fat in Health and Disease1 Introduction; 2 Discussion; References; Chapter 4. Antioxidant Properties of Flavonols; 1 Autoxidation; 2 Antioxidants; 3 Biological Importance of Free Radical Reactions; 4 Structure and Occurrence of the Flavonoids; 5 Dietary Intake of Flavonoids; 6 Antioxidant Properties of the Flavonoids; References; Chapter 5. Dietary Fatty Acids, Postprandial Lipaemia and Coronary Heart Disease; 1 Introduction; 2 Postprandial Triglyceride Metabolism-an Outline; 3 Postprandial Triglyceride-rich Lipoproteins and the Atherogenic Lipoprotein Phenotype.
- 4 Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on PostprandialLipaemia5 Summary; References; Chgapter 6. Lipids and Obesity; 1 Introduction; 2 Antiatherosclerotic Drugs; 3 Drugs for the Control of Fat Absorption; 4 Thermogenic Drugs for Increasing the Metabolism of Certain Types of Fat; 5 Compounds for the Control of Appetite; 6 Inhibition of Fat Biosynthesis; Appendix; References; Chapter 7. Docosahexaenoic Acid: A Dietary Factor Essential for Individuals with Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyspraxia?; 1 Introduction; 2 Brain and Retinal Composition.
- 3 Fats in Food and the Metabolism of Essential Fatty Acids4 The Specific Learning Disorders; References; Chapter 8. The Potential for Prostaglandin Pharmaceuticals; 1Introduction; 2 Early Drug Development; 3 Changing Markets-Increasing Demand; 4 New PGs, New Indications; 5 Drug Delivery Systems Applied to PGs; 6 NSAIDs, COX-2 and PGs; 7 Other Areas of PG Research; 8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9. The Importance of MycobacterialLipids; 1 Introduction; 2 The composition and Organisation of the Mycobacterial Cell Envelope; 3 Current Anti-tuberculosis Agents.
- 4 Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis as a Drug Target5 Mycolic Acids as Biomarkers for the Detection of Ancient Tuberculosis; 6 Conclusions; 7 Acknowledgements; 8 References; Subject Index.