Published June, 2013
By John H. Exton, Stephen M. Prescott and Robert M. Bell
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Handbook of Lipid Research
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Lipids traditionally have been viewed as serving two functions: to form cellular membranes and to serve as energy stores. During the last two decades, a new role for lipids has taken center stage: lipids can act as signalling molecules. Leading scientists explore all known lipid classes except steroid hormones.

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Published May, 2013
By Morris Kates
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Handbook of Lipid Research
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The early history and development of the field of glycolipids was concerned mainly with the predominant glycolipids found in higher animal tissues, namely the glycosphingolipids, as has been extensively documented by J.

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Published April, 2012
By A. Kuksis
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Handbook of Lipid Research
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These eventful days of lipid chemistry nearly 25 years ago led to a relatively quiescent period wherein scientists applied these newly available techniques to investigation of the behavior of isolated (lipid) enzyme systems and to unraveling the intricacies of the metabolic behavior of lipids in the intact cell or whole organisms.

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Published April, 2012
By H. DeLuca
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Handbook of Lipid Research
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We can, therefore, state that vitamin A was certainly one of the first known vitamins, yet its function and the function of the other fat-soluble vitamins had remained largely unknown until recent years.

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Published March, 2012
By Moseley Waite
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Handbook of Lipid Research
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