Lipid Biochemistry, 5th Edition

Lipid Biochemistry, fifth edition has been largely re-written in a user-friendly way, with chapters containing special interest topic boxes, summary points and lists of suggested reading, further enhancing the accessibility and readability of this excellent text.

Contents include abbreviations and definitions used in the study of lipids, routine analytical methods, fatty acid structure and metabolism, dietary lipids and lipids as energy stores, lipid transport, lipids in cellular structures and the metabolism of structural lipids. The book provides a most comprehensive treatment of the subject, making it essential reading for all those working with or studying lipids.

Upper level students of biochemistry, biology, clinical subjects, nutrition and food science will find the contents of this book invaluable as a study aid, as will postgraduates specializing in the topics covered in the book. Professionals working in research in academia and industry, including personnel involved in food and nutrition research, new product formulation, special diet formulation (including nutraceuticals and functional foods) and other clinical aspects will find a vast wealth of information within the book's pages.

Michael Gurr was a Visiting Professor in Human Nutrition at the University of Reading, UK and at Oxford Brookes University, UK. John Harwood is a Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK. Keith Frayn is a Professor of Human Metabolism at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK. Content:
Chapter 1 Lipids: Definition, Isolation, Separation and Detection (pages 1–12):
Chapter 2 Fatty Acid Structure and Metabolism (pages 13–92):
Chapter 3 Lipids as Energy Stores (pages 93–126):
Chapter 4 Dietary lipids (pages 127–169):
Chapter 5 Lipid transport (pages 170–214):
Chapter 6 Lipids in Cellular Structures (pages 215–266):
Chapter 7 Metabolism of Structural Lipids (pages 267–314):