Fatty acids in foods and their health implications / edited by Ching Kuang Chow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fatty Acid Classification and Nomenclature -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Fatty Acids -- Application of Gas Liquid Chromatography to Lipid Separation and Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis -- Isotopic Methods for Assessing Lipid Metabolism -- Fatty Acids in Meat and Meat Products -- Fatty Acids in Milk Fat -- Fatty Acids in Poultry and Egg Products -- Fatty Acids in Fish and Shellfish -- Fatty Acids in Vegetables and Vegetable Products -- Fatty Acids in Oilseeds (Vegetable Oils). Fatty Acids in Fruits and Fruit Products -- Fatty Acids in Food Cereal Grains and Grain Products -- Fatty Acids in Fermented Food Products -- Fatty Acid Content of Convenience Foods -- Trans Fatty Acids in Foods -- Genetic Modification of Food Fats and Oils -- Fat-Based Fat Substitutes -- Commercial Applications of Fats in Foods -- Effect of Processing and Storage on Fatty Acids -- Effect of Heating and Frying on Oil and Food Fatty Acids -- Consumption of Fatty Acids -- Absorption and Transport of Dietary Lipids -- The Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Fatty Acid Metabolism -- Dietary Fatty Acids and Minerals -- Interaction of Dietary Fatty Acids, Carbohydrate, and Lipids on Carbohydrate, Metabolism -- Reappraisal of Essential Fatty Acids -- Fatty Acids and Membrane Function -- Dietary Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids -- Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Regulation of Gene Expression -- Fatty Acids, Lipids and Cellular Signaling -- Safety and Health Effects of Trans Fatty Acids -- Significance of Dietary ?-Linolenate in Biological Systems: Alternation of Inflammation and Proliferative Processes -- Biological Effects of Alpha-Linolenic Acid -- Biological Effects of Conjugated-Linoleic Acid -- The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis -- Biological Effects of Oxidized Fatty Acids -- Satiating Effect of Fat -- Fatty Acids and Growth and Development -- Fatty Acid and Cognition, Behavior, and Brain Development and Mood Disease -- Fatty Acids and Aging -- Dietary Fat, Immunity and Inflammatory Disease -- Fatty Acids and Liver Disease -- Essential Fatty Acids and Visual Dysfunction -- Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease -- Dietary Fatty Acids and Cancer -- Fatty Acids and Renal Disease -- Fatty Acid Metabolism in Diabetes -- Fatty Acid Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle and Nerve, and in Neuromuscular Disorders -- Fatty Acids and Psychiatric Disorders.

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