Plant Lipids - Biology, Utilisation and Manipulation

List of contents

The study and utilisation of plant lipids: from margarine to lipid rafts; Denis J. Murphy
Fatty acid biosynthesis; John L. Harwood
Fatty acid manipulation; David Hildebrand, Keshun Yu, Charles McCracken and Suryadevara S. Rao
Non-food lipids; Sevim Z. Erhan and Atanu Adhvaryu
Membrane lipids; Peter Dörmann
Storage lipids; Randall J. Weselake
Lipid-associated proteins; Denis J. Murphy
The plant cuticle: formation and structure of epidermal surfaces; L. Kunst and A.L. Samuels
Inositol-containing lipids - roles in cellular signalling; Bjørn K. Drøbak
Oxylipins; Sabine Rosahl and Ivo Feussner
Prenyllipids and their derivatives: Sterols, prenylquinones, carotenoids and terpenoids; Pierre Benveniste

Product details

• Authors: Denis J. Murphy, Denis J. (EDT) Murphy
• Assisted by: Denis J Murphy (Editor), Denis J. Murphy (Editor), Murphy Denis J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2004
• EAN: 9780849323614
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-2361-4
• No. of pages: 403
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Biological Sciences; Biological Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, biochemistry, lipids