Lipid Biochemistry An Introduction

Lipid Biochemistry An Introduction / by J.L. Harwood, M.I. Gurr.

Lipids can usually be extracted easily from tissues by making use of their hydrophobic characteristics. However, such extractions yield a complex mixture of different lipid classes which have to be purified further for quantitative analysis. Moreover, the crude lipid extract will be contami­ nated b...

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Main Authors: Harwood, J.L (Author), Gurr, M.I (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Biochemistry.
Nutrition   .
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The nature of lipids and their place in living things
  • 2 Isolation, separation and detection of lipids
  • 3 Fatty acid structure and metabolism
  • 4 Lipids as energy stores
  • 5 Dietary lipids: implications for health and disease
  • 6 Lipids in cellular structures
  • 7 Metabolism of structural lipids
  • 8 Lipid functions.

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