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The History of Lipid Science & Technology
Those of us accustomed to the techniques of lipidomics and molecular biology…
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Patrick Duffy and Polymorphism
The discovery and study of polymorphism in tristearin, a simple triglyceride, has…
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Biosynthesis of Plant Lipid Polyesters
All higher plants depend on extracellular lipophilic barriers that control the movement…
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Lipid Oxidation in Oil-In-Water Emulsions
1. Introduction Many food products, for example, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and milk…
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Chemistry/Physics
Animal Lipid Biochemistry Fatty acid oxidation Glycerophosphate and acylglycerophosphate acyltransferases Mammalian diacylglycerol…
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Oxidation of Muscle Foods
1. Why is lipid oxidation is a problem in muscle foods Lipid…
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Metal Chelators as Antioxidants
Introduction Given the abundance of pro-oxidative metals naturally occurring in many foods,…
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Antioxidants in Muscle Foods
1. Introduction Lipid oxidation in meat generates products, including hydroperoxides, free radicals,…
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Glycerophosphate and Acylglycerophosphate Acyltransferases
1. Pathway of de novo Phosphatidic Acid Biosynthesis 1,2-Diacyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (phosphatidic acid) is…
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Hydrogenation in Practice
Introduction The hydrogenation of fats and oils and their oleochemical derivatives such…
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Trivial names of fatty acids-Part 1
Introduction In the late 1990s, Rich O. Adlof and Professor Frank D.…
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Edwin (Ed) Frankel (1928-2019)
Edwin (Ed) Frankel was born in Egypt. He came to America as…
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Arthur Richard Baldwin (1918-2011)
For well over 100 years, AOCS has been blessed with leaders who…
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Arthur Richard Baldwin (1918-2011)
For well over 100 years, AOCS has been blessed with leaders who…
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Trivial names of fatty acids-Part 2
Introduction In 1930, Steger and Van Loon, encountered an unknown, heavily unsaturated…
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Silica Hydrogel and its Use in Edible Oil Processing
Introduction Crude triglyceride oils and fats from a wide range of vegetable…
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The AOCS-Supelco/Nicholas Pelick Award 1997 to the present
The history of the AOCS Award in Lipid Chemistry (1964-1981 recipients) is…
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Regiospecific Analysis of Triacylglycerols
Fatty acid analysis is the starting point for most analytical studies of…
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Final Updated Market Report
Since in its inception Dr Frank Gunstone presented a detailed market report…
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Esters of Glycerol and Other Polyhydric Alcohols
Monoacylglycerols (MAG) and diacylglycerols (DAG) are important emulsifying agents. They are also…
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Oils and Fats
13C-NMR Spectroscopy 13C-NMR spectra of seed oils and of processed fats provide…
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Earl G. Hammond (1926-2017)
Earl Hammond was born on November 21, 1926, in Terril Texas where…
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Thomas H.Applewhite (1924-2012)
Tom grew up in southern California. Shortly after finishing high school he…
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The Alton E Bailey Award 1981-2000
Hans Kaunitz (1981 recipient) was a distinguished clinical professor of pathology at…
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The Alton E Bailey Award 2001-present
Richard F. Wilson (2001 recipient) received his PhD in 1973 from the…
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History of the Stephen Chang Award
Stephen S. Chang (1918-1996) was a distinguished lipid chemist, professor, and philanthropist…
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Analysis of Oxidized Sterols in Frying Oils
1. Introduction The lipids in frying oils as well as in fried…
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Reversed-Phase HPLC of Triacylglycerols
Abstract: The resolution of molecular species of triacylglycerols by reversed-phase high-performance liquid…
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Structural Analysis of Triacylglycerols
As nearly all the commercially important fats and oils of animal and…
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Metabolism of Trans Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Formed during Frying
1. Introduction Double bonds in the fatty acids of vegetable oils subjected…
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Biological Effects of Frying Oils Mediated by the Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPAR)
1. Introduction In recent years the contribution of frying oils to total…
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Thin-Layer Chromatography of Lipids
Abstract: There has been a tendency to discount thin-layer chromatography (TLC) in…
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High-temperature Gas Chromatography of Triacylglycerols
Abstract: In the right hands and for suitable samples, high-temperature gas chromatography…
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Alkanoic Acids
The 13C-NMR spectra of long-chain fatty saturated acids show six easily recognised…
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Monoenoic Acids
Monoolefinic acids and their esters have significantly different 13C-NMR spectra from their…
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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Information is given in Tables 1 and 2…
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Non-Methylene-Interrupted Polyenoic Fatty Acids
The most common non-methylene interrupted polyenes (NMIP) are acids with n-9, n-6,…
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Acids with conjugated unsaturation
Conjugated Dienes The conjugated dienes attracting most attention are the so-called conjugated…
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Acetylenic and Allenic Acids and Esters
Chemical shifts for acetylenic and allenic acids and esters will be discussed…
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Branched-Chain and Cyclic Fatty Acids
Gunstone (1993) reported the 13C-NMR spectra of a large number of branched…
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Cyclic Fatty Acids
Fatty acids containing a carbocyclic unit are most commonly cyclopropene or cyclopentene…
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Epoxides and Acyclic Ethers
1,2-Epoxides Much basic information on epoxy acids is available in the paper…
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Hydroxy and Hydroperoxy Acids
1,2-Epoxides Much basic information on epoxy acids is available in the paper…
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Oxo (Keto) Acids
Table 1 lists chemical shifts (ppm) for several oxo (keto) acids. Many…
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Acids, Esters (Alkyl, Glycerol, Waxes), Alcohols and Acetates, Amides, and Nitriles
Chemical shifts (ppm) for several carbon atoms in oleic acid and some…
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Paul Karl Stumpf (1919-2007)
Professor Paul Karl Stumpf is considered by many to be a founder…
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Ernst Twitchell (1863-1929)
The Early Years Ernst Twitchell along with Ralph Potts (1900-1981) was a…
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David Wesson (1861-1934)
Few scientists have had more impact on the edible oils industry than…
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The History of the Bailey Award
When Alton E. Bailey died tragically at the age of 46 in…