Lipid Synthesis and Manufacture

Frank Gunstone (Edited by), FD Gunstone (Author)

9781850759317, Wiley

Hardback, published 1 November 1998

496 pages
24.3 x 16.4 x 3.5 cm, 0.85 kg

"An important compilation, as comprehensive as possible and therefore 'a must' for any chemist synthesising lipids" - Fett / Lipid
"An essential reference text for scientists interested in the synthesis or isolation of lipids" - Food Chemistry
"There is sufficient and basic up-to-date material that it will be good for handy reference for a long time" - Food Research International

This volume has been designed to offer a balanced account of the laboratory synthesis, industrial manufacture and biosynthesis of lipids. Authors describe 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.

This authoritative work of reference has something for all lipid scientists and technologists. It is directed at chemists and technologists working in oils and fats processing, the food industry, the oleochemicals industry and the pharmaceutical industry; at analytical chemists and quality assurance personnel; and at lipid chemists in academic research laboratories.

Polyene acids
The availability of polyunsaturated fatty acids (appendix to chapter 1)
Isotopically labelled fatty acids
Synthesis of long-chain compounds with conjugated unsaturation
Eicosanoids: oxygenated derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids containing twenty carbon atoms
Synthesis of triacylglycerols
Chemical synthesis of glycerophospholipids and their analogs
Sphingolipids
Synthesis and production of vitamin E
The production of natural antioxidants (other than vitamin E)
Enzymic processes
The preparation of derivatives for lipid analysis
Alkyl and acyl sugars
Synthesis and commercial preparation of surfactants for the food industry
Novel chemistry of delta-5 fatty acids
Lipid biosynthesis
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]