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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; Fatty Acids; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Meet the Editor; Preface; 1 History of Fatty Acids Chemistry; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Early Fatty Acid History; 1.3 Major Developments in the Oleochemical Industry; 1.3.1 Fat Splitting; 1.3.1.1 Continuous Fat Splitting; 1.3.2 Catalytic Hydrogenation; 1.3.3 Fatty Acid Distillation; 1.3.4 Fatty Alcohols; 1.3.4.1 Guerbet Alcohols; 1.3.5 Estolides; 1.3.6 Dimer and Trimer Cyclic Fatty Acids; 1.3.7 Hydroformylation of Fatty Acids; 1.3.8 Ozonolysis of Fatty Acids and Triglycerides |
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1.4 Contributions of Analytical Chemistry to Fatty Acids1.5 Recent Developments in Fatty Acids; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2 Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids: Source, Chemistry, and Uses; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Production of Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids; 2.2.1 Chemical Splitting; 2.2.2 Lipase Splitting; 2.3 Purification of Fatty Acids; 2.3.1 Simple Distillation; 2.3.2 Fractional Distillation; 2.3.3 Molecular Distillation; 2.3.4 Crystallization; 2.3.5 Urea Fractionation; 2.4 Sources and Types of Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids; 2.4.1 Saturated Fatty Acids; 2.4.2 Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
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2.4.2.1 Monounsaturated Fatty Acids2.4.2.2 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; 2.4.2.2.1 The n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; 2.4.2.2.2 The n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; 2.4.2.3 Conjugated Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; 2.4.3 Hydroxy Fatty Acids; 2.4.4 Acetylenic Fatty Acids; 2.4.5 Allenic and Cumulenic Fatty Acids; 2.4.5.1 Allenic Fatty Acids; 2.4.5.2 Cumulenic Fatty Acids; 2.5 Chemistry of Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids; 2.5.1 Reactions at the Carboxylic Acid Group; 2.5.1.1 Reduction; 2.5.1.2 Esterification; 2.5.1.3 Amination; 2.5.1.4 Deoxygenation; 2.5.2 Reactions at Unsaturated Sites |
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2.5.2.1 Autoxidation and Photo-Oxygenation2.5.2.2 Hydrogenation; 2.5.2.3 Epoxidation and Hydroxylation; 2.5.2.4 Oxidative Scission; 2.5.2.5 Metathesis; 2.5.2.6 Dimerization; 2.5.2.7 Hydroformylation; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Epoxy Fatty Acids: Chemistry and Biological Effects; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Natural Occurrence and Structure of Epoxy Fatty Acids; 3.2.1 Oleic and Linoleic Acid Monoepoxides and Hydroxides; 3.2.2 Arachidonic Acid Monoepoxides; 3.2.3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Monoepoxides; 3.3 Chemical Synthesis; 3.3.1 Direct Epoxidation |
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3.3.2 Chemo-Enzymatic Perhydrolysis3.3.3 Other Chemo-Enzymatic Epoxidations; 3.4 Biosynthesis of Epoxy Fatty Acids; 3.4.1 Oxygenases and Lipoxygenases; 3.4.2 Peroxygenases; 3.4.3 Cytochrome P450-Like Oxygenases; 3.5 Analysis of Epoxy Fatty Acids; 3.5.1 Resolution of Regioisomers; 3.5.2 Resolution of Enantiomers; 3.5.3 GC/MS and LC/MS Identification of Lipid Epoxides; 3.6 Biological Effects; 3.6.1 Lipid Signaling; 3.6.2 Cellular Effects; 3.6.3 Systemic Effects; 3.7 Pathological Effects; 3.7.1 Toxicity; 3.7.2 Inflammation and Pain; 3.7.3 Angiogenesis and Cardiovascular Disease; 3.7.4 Cancer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed August 14, 2017) |
| Subject |
Fatty acids.
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Fatty Acids -- chemistry
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Fatty Acids -- chemical synthesis
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Fatty Acids
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fatty acid.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Fatty acids
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ahmad, Moghis U., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780128095447 |
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012809544X |
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9781523114443 |
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1523114444 |
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