Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Fatty Acids in Vascular Health (pp. 1-16)
Reggie Hui-Chao Lee, Carl S. Wilkins, Alexandre Couto e Silva, Stephen E. Valido, Celeste Yin-Chieh Wu and Hung Wen Lin (Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA, and others)
Chapter 2 – Occurrence, Biochemical, Antimicrobial and Health Effects of Palmitic Acid (pp. 17-44)
Melissa Johnson and Daniel A. Abugri (Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee AL, USA, and others)
Chapter 3 – Palmitic Acid: Effect of Diet Supplementation and Occurrence in Animal Origin Food (pp. 45-62)
P. G. Peiretti (Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Italian National Research Council, Grugliasco, Italy)
Chapter 4 – General Aspects of Palmitic Acid (pp. 63-104)
Deusdélia Teixeira de Almeida, Mariana Melo Costa and Sabrina Feitosa (Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil)
Chapter 5 – Palmitic Acid As a Cardiometabolic Risk Factor (pp. 105-124)
Danijela Ristić-Medić and Vesna Vučić (Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)
Chapter 6 – Palmitic Acid in Higher Plant Lipids (pp. 125-144)
R.A. Sidorov, A.V. Zhukov, V.P. Pchelkin and V.D. Tsydendambaev (Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism, K.A.Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
Chapter 7 – Palmitic Acid in Infant Nutrition (pp. 145-158)
Fabiana Bar-Yoseph, Yael Lifshitz, Tzafra Cohen and Ita Litmanovitz (Enzymotec Ltd., Israel, and others)
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Chapter 8 – Processing of Palmitic Acid and Its Derivatives Using Supercritical Fluids (pp. 159-210)
C. E. Schwarz (Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa)
Chapter 9 – Palmitic Acid in Tunisian Olive Oil: Updating and Perspective (pp. 211-218)
Ghayth Rigane and Ridha Ben Salem (Laboratoire de Chimie Organique-Physique, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Département de Chimie, Sfax, Université de Sfax, Tunisie, and others)
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