Lipids and Skin Health

Lipids and Skin Health is the first effort to summarize and review the studies, ideas, and research that link lipid metabolism to the largest organ of our body, the skin. The book covers the fundamental biology of the skin, and the major involvement of the transcriptional factors that govern lipid s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pappas, Apostolos (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Lipids.
Dermatology.
Nutrition   .
Food science.
Lipidology.
Nutrition.
Food Science.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Editor's Introduction: Skin lipids (epidermal, sebaceous, subcutaneous).- 2. Skin basics, structure and function.- 3. Skin barrier, structure and properties.- 4. Lipid oxidation and mediators in skin
  • 5. Skin Ceramides
  • 6. Cholesterol synthesis in epidermis.- 7. Transcriptional factors and epidermal differentiation.- 8. The brain of the skin: sebaceous gland
  • 9. Sebaceous lipids.- 10. Sapienic acid and sebum specific fatty acid metabolism
  • 11. Wax Esters chemistry and synthesis.- 12. Squalene chemistry and biology.- 13. Adipose tissue and fat cell biology
  • 14. acial subcutaneous tissue
  • 15. Monounsaturated fatty acid synthesis genes and skin/hair
  • 16. Triglyceride synthesis genes and skin/hair
  • 17. Lipoxygenase and skin
  • 18. PPAR gamma receptor, skin lipids and hair.- 19. Mineral oils in skincare.-  20. Lipophilic antioxidants and skincare.- 21. Glycerol, Fatty alcohols, acids and esters in cosmetics.- 22. Vegetable and natural oils in cosmetics
  • 23. Acne and lipid pathways.- 24. Atopic dermatitis and lipids.     .

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