Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface pp.i-x

Fatty Acids: Types, Roles and Health Benefits
(Narcisa Maria Bandarra, Irineu Batista, Maria Leonor Nunes, INRB/IPIMAR, Lisboa Portugal) pp.1-38

Involvement of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Brain Resistance to Aging: Experimental Evidence and Underlying Mechanisms
(I. Denis, B. Potier, S. Vancassel, C. Heberden, M. Lavialle, Unité de Nutrition et Régulations Lipidiques des Fonctions Cérébrales (NuReLiCe), INRA, France, and others)pp.39-70

Essential Fatty Acids and Disease States in Domestic Animals
(Julia Schumann, Herbert Fuhrmann, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany)pp.71-90

Effect of Fatty Acid Synthase on Fatty Acids Biogenesis in Metabolic Syndrome
(Yang Liu, Fang Zhang, Deliang Chen, Wei Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wenjun Ding, College of Life Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)pp.91-108

Developmental Regulation of Hydroxy Fatty Acid Synthesis in Lesquerella fendleri.
(Grace Q. Chen, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA)pp.109-122

Beta-Cell, Lipotoxicity and Oxidative Stress
(Roberto Lupi, Silvia Del Guerra, Department of Endocrinology and Kidney, Metabolic Unit “Renzo Navalesi”, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, and others)pp.123-130

Microbial Product Mediated in situ Transformation of Vegetable Oils to Fatty Acid Vesicles
(Arumugam Gnanamani, Varadharajan Kavitha, Microbiology Division, Central Leather Research Institute, (CSIR), New Delhi, India)pp.131-154

Index pp.155-166