edited by Frank Gunstone

Features:

• Present multinational perspectives of European and American academicians and industry practitioners
• Provide state-of-the-art research and technological information for practical application
• Include essential, up-to-date reference information

Lipid Synthesis and Manufacture has been designed to offer a balanced account of the laboratory synthesis, industrial manufacture and biosynthesis of lipids.

Described in this book is the synthesis of all the major lipid classes, including new and revised procedures, and there are chapters devoted to the synthesis and manufacture of vitamin E, other natural antioxidants, sugar esters and ethers, and food surfactants.

Contents

1. Polyene Acids
2. Isotopically Labelled Fatty Acids
3. Long-Chain Compounds with Conjugated Unsaturation
4. Triacylglycerols
5. Phospholipids
6. Sphingolipids
7. Enzymic Processes
8. Eicosanoids
9. Sugar Esters and Ethers
10. Fatty Acid Derivatives for Further Analysis
11. Emulsifiers
12. Lipid Biosynthesis
13. The Production of Natural Antioxidants
14. Novel Chemistry of Delta-5 Acids

Index

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