Lipids in Health and Nutrition
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1999
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Author: J H P Tyman
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 8 3 8 - 6
Lipids have a variety of functions in the human body which have increasingly been under the spotlight in recent years. A multidisciplinary book, Lipids in health and nutrition… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLipids have a variety of functions in the human body which have increasingly been under the spotlight in recent years. A multidisciplinary book, Lipids in health and nutrition addresses the chemical, biochemical and physiological aspects of these widely occurring compounds. International experts combine to present research on a variety of topics, including advanced analytical techniques; the role of flavonoids in diet: possible links between dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit disorder and the metabolism of fatty acids; the influence of dietary fatty acids in coronary heart disease; and lipids and obesity.
Food scientists, technologists, lipidologists, and nutritionists
Lipids: Global resources and consumption; Studying lipid metabolism; Trans unsaturated fat in health and disease; Antioxidant properties of flavonols; Dietary fatty acids and coronary heart disease; Lipids and obesity; Docosahexaenoic acid: A dietary factor essential for individuals with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and dyspraxia? The potential for prostaglandin pharmaceuticals; The importance of mycobacterial lipids.
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1999
- No. of pages (eBook): 156
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781845698386
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Brunel University, UKRead Lipids in Health and Nutrition on ScienceDirect