Books

published in 1996 and 1997


"Advances in Lipid Methodology-Four"

William W. Christie Editor

Published May 1997: ISBN 0 9514171 7 7
300 pages, Hardcover
This is Volume 8 in The Oily Press Lipid Library.

The fourth in an occasional series of books with topical reviews by
international experts on aspects of lipid methodology. It should be of
interest to academic scientists, from chemistry to medicine, and to
those in industry alike.

Topics:

Analysis of plant lipoxygenase metabolites
Separations of molecular species of phospholipids by high-performance
liquid chromatography
Preparative high-performance liquid chromatography of lipids
Structural analysis of fatty acids
Analysis of stable isotopes in lipids
Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography: general
principles and application to the analysis of fatty acids and
triacylglycerols
Some important references in lipid methodology - 1995 and 1996

Price: $76 US 45 UK (post free by surface mail, but airmail 6 pounds UK or $10 US extra outwith Europe.
From - The Oily Press Ltd, 6 Dunnottar Place, West Ferry, Dundee, Scotland DD5 1PJ

Contact: William Christie
E-mail: wchris@scri.sari.ac.uk

"Handbook of Essential Fatty Acid Biology: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Behavioral Neurobiology"

Edited by: Shlomo Yehuda, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel and David I. Mostofsky
Boston University, Boston, MA.
Published 1997 by Humana Press Totowa, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89603-365-1
470 pages, hard cover.


Contents

Part I: Biochemical Properties

  1. Permeability of the Blood-Brain Barrier to Circulating Free Fatty Acids. William A. Banks, Abba J. Kastin, and Stanley I. Rapoport
  2. Fatty Acid Metabolism in Brain in Relation to Development, Membrane Structure, and Signaling. M. Thomas Clandinin and Jacqueline Jumpsen
  3. Abnormalities in Essential Fatty Acid Status in Alcoholism. Norman Salem, Jr. and Nils Urban Olsson
  4. The Biological Properties of Oleic Acid. Elliot M. Berry
  5. n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Human Cytokine Synthesis. Gunther Hartmann and Stefan Endres
  6. Fatty Acid Regulation of Endocrine Activity. Eric P. Widmaier

Part II: Physiology and Health


  1. w3 and w6 Essential Fatty Acid Status in Human Health and Disease. Ralph T. Holman
  2. Visual Function and the Essentiality of a-Linolenic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid in Human Infants. Eileen E. Birch, David Birch, and Ricardo Uauy
  3. Neural Function Following Dietary n-3 Fatty Acid Depletion. Andrew J. Sinclair, Harrison S. Weisinger and Algis J. Vingrys
  4. Polyunsaturated Fats and Learning: Old Data, New Questions. Donald V. Coscina
  5. Fatty Acids, Phospholipids, and Schizophrenia. David F. Horrobin
  6. The Seizing Brain: Phospholipolysis, Oxygen Delivery, and Electrical Activity. Francesco Visioli
  7. Arachidonic Acid, Neurotrauma, and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Akhlaq A. Farooqui, Thad A. Rosenberger and Lloyd A. Horrocks

    Part III: Learning, Cognition, and Complex Behavior


  1. Essential Fatty Acids and Behavior: Is There a Role for the Eicosanoids? Patricia E. Wainwright
  2. Oral and Postingestive Controls of Fat Intake. Danielle Greenberg and Gerard P. Smith
  3. Physiological Role of Fatty Acids in Infancy: Effect of Dietary Fat on Brain Fatty Acids and Learning Ability in Infancy. Akie Yonekubo
  4. Omega-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency and Behavior: A Critical Review and Directions for Future Research. Sydney Reisbick and Martha Neuringer
  5. Effects of Essential Fatty Acid Preparation (SR-3) on Brain Lipids, Biochemistry, and Behavioral and Cognitive Functions. Shlomo Yehuda, Sharon Rabinovitz and David I. Mostofsky


Contact: Humana Press
999 Riverview Drive, Suite 208
Totowa, New Jersey 07512
Phone: 201-256-1699 Fax: 201-256-8314
e-mail: humana@mindspring.com


"Lipids & Nutrition -- Current Hot Topics"

Editor: Mr. K.G. Berger, Consultant, London, UK.
Published December 1996. ISBN 0-9526542-6-1

Topics:

Dietary fat and thrombosis.
Blood lipids and triacylglycerol structure.
Low-calorie substitutes for fats.
Fat replacement: implications for food choice and energy balance.
Lipid nutrition and neonatal development.
Trans fatty acids -- the current position.
Hydrogenation with minimum trans acids.
Food technology problems of replacing trans acids.

Based on an SCI Oils & Fats Group symposium held on April 30, 1996.
Price: $85US, 48 UK Pounds
Contact: PJ Barnes & Associates, PO Box 200, Bridgwater TA7 0YZ,England.
Tel: +44-1823-698973 Fax: +44-1823-698971
E-mail: sales@pbarnes.demon.co.uk


"Oils-Fats-Lipids 1995: The Proceedings of the 21st World Congress of the International Society for Fat Research (ISF)"

Organizer: W.A.M. Castenmiller, Unilever Research Laboratory,
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands.
Published September 1996. In three volumes. (676 pages, soft cover)
Volumes 1, 2, 3. ISBN 0-9526542-4-5.
Volume 1. ISBN 0-9526542-1-0, Volume 2. ISBN 0-9526542-2-9,
Volume 3. ISBN 0-9526542-3-7.

Topics:

Over 100 high-quality technical papers by invited authors on all aspects of oils and fats.

Based on the Proceedings of the ISF Congress held in The Hague, The Netherlands, October 1995.
Price: $324US or 190 UK Pounds (per volume: $119/ 70 UK Pounds).
Contact: PJ Barnes & Associates, PO Box 200, Bridgwater TA7 0YZ,England.
Tel: +44-1823-698973 Fax: +44-1823-698971
E-mail: sales@pbarnes.demon.co.uk



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