Lipid Chemistry, Biology, Technology & Analysis

About Lipids
Definitions, structures, composition, occurrence, biochemistry and functions of most types of fatty acids and lipids -

• Basic information on what lipids are and what they do
• Fatty acids and eicosanoids
• Simple glycerolipids, sterols, lipoproteins, etc
• Complex glycerolipids - phospho- and glycolipids
• Sphingolipids

Biochemistry/Nutrition
Subsections dealing with Animal/Human Biochemistry and Nutrition are planned but the first to go online is -

• Animal lipid biochemistry
• Plant lipid biochemistry

Lipid Analysis
Practical and theoretical descriptions of the many techniques used for the analysis of lipids, both chromatographic and spectroscopic, and including a current awareness service.

• Selected topics in the analysis of lipids
• Mass spectrometry of fatty acid derivatives
• NMR chemical shifts for fatty acids and their derivatives
• Silver ion chromatography of lipids
• Lipidomics
• Gas Chromatography and Lipids
• Literature surveys of analytical methodology

Oils and Fats
These pages cover the chemistry and technology of oils and fats, the history of the subject, and oils and fats as commodities.

• Oils/fats in the market place
• Edible Oil Processing
• Frying oils
• Lipid Chemistry
• The history of lipid science and technology
• Selected patents relating to oils and fats

What's new?
Summary of recent changes to the site, items of general interest, a Calendar of appropriate conferences, etc - a page of Links to other useful sites - and a 'lipid blog'.