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Selected Patents 2011
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Arabidopsis Acyl-Coenzyme A-Binding Proteins
1. Introduction Lipids are important in many biological processes. To deliver their…
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Thomas Percy Hilditch (1886-1965)
T.P. Hilditch, as he was generally known, was born in London in…
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Production of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Metabolic Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica
Abstract The omega-3 fatty acids, cis-5, 8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5; EPA) and cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic…
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Laboratory Accreditation in a Lipid Analysis Context
Abstract: Laboratory accreditation is accepted as an important goal to achieve, but…
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Formation of Dimers and Oligomers
1. Introduction Two characteristics of the frying process, high temperature and the…
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Phospholipases
I. Introduction Phopholipases, as the term suggests, are a group of enzymes…
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Non-Conjugated Double Bonds
The introduction of one double bond gives rise to several peaks in…
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Selected Patents 2010
Method of preparing fatty acid alkyl esters from waste or recycled fatty…
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Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
Figures 1 to 3 depict the 1H-NMR spectra of three conjugated linoleic…
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Production of Unusual Fatty Acids in Plants
Introduction Glycerolipids composed of one, two or three fatty acids esterified to…
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Herbert Dutton (1914-2006)
I shall never forget my first impression of Herb Dutton. When I…
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Eddy W. Eckey, Father of directed Interesterification (1902-1989)
Eddy Eckey will always be remembered for his discovery of directed interesterification…
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Yeast Sphingolipid Metabolism
Introduction Sphingolipids along with sterols and glycerophospholipids are the lipid building blocks…
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Introduction PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates = biopolyesters) were discovered at the beginning of the…
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The Chromatographic Resolution of Chiral Lipids
The following was first published by W.W. Christie, in Advances in Lipid…
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Silver Ion Chromatography of Lipids References
Ackman, R.G. Methods Enzymol., 74, 205-252 (1981). Ackman, R.G., McLeod, C.A. and…
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Detectors for HPLC of Lipids with Special Reference to Evaporative Lght-Scattering Detection
The following was first published by W.W. Christie in Advances in Lipid…
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Introduction to Silver Ion Chromatography
Most lipid analysts will come across the technique of silver ion (or…
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Why Doesn’t Your Method Work When I Try It?
Abstract: Published analytical methods can fail for a variety of reasons, including…
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Formation of Volatiles and Short-Chain Bound Compounds
1. Introduction During frying of foods, the frying fat is subjected to…
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Mammalian Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases (DGAT)
Introduction Triacylglycerols (TGs) are esters of fatty acids and glycerol and are…
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Fatty Acid beta-Oxidation
Overview Fatty acid β-oxidation is a multistep process by which fatty acids…
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Regulation of Lipins and Their Role in Lipid Metabolism
The Role of Phosphatidate Phosphatase in Glycerolipid Biosynthesis The glycerolipid biosynthetic or…
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Phospholipid Biosynthesis
Introduction Phospholipids are a class of lipids that consist of two fatty…
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Saturated Fatty Acids and Methyl Esters
1H-NMR Spectroscopy of Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives As mentioned in the…
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Alkyl Esters Other than Methyl
Figures 1-3 depict the spectra of an ethyl, propyl and butyl ester,…
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Glycerol Esters
Triacylglycerol esters are the most common esters in which fatty acids occur…
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Selected Patents 2005
The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…
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Selected Patents 2006
The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…
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Selected Patents 2007
The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…
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Selected Patents 2008
The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…
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Selected Patents 2009
The following list contains brief details of patents published or applied for…
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Plant Fatty Acid Synthesis
Introduction Plants synthesise a huge variety of fatty acids although only a…
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Shotgun Lipidomics
Lipidomics, as a newly emerged research discipline which studies lipids in a…
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Lipidomic Analysis of Glycerolipids
The classification of lipids within the glycerolipid category includes those molecules which…
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Parallel Mass Spectrometry (APCI-MS and ESI-MS) for Lipid Analysis
Introduction Small lipids, such as fatty acids, are typically analyzed in the…
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Characterization of Lipids by MALDI Mass Spectrometry
Introduction Because of their low volatility, lipids were until recently analysed mainly…
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Triacylglycerol Regioisomers Analysis
Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are chemical compounds that are major components of vegetable oils…
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PUFA Synthases
Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthases are Type I iterative enzymes that carry…
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Bacteria as sources of (commercial) lipids
1. Commercial utilization of bacterial lipids Lipids are valuable compounds for versatile…
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Comprehensive Two Dimensional Gas Chromotography (GC x GC) for Lipid Analysis
Introduction One of the main challenges for analysts, in general, is to…
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Biosynthesis of Fatty Acids
Reactions of the fatty acid synthesis cycle The standard way for cells…
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Solid-phase extraction columns in the analysis of lipids
The following was first published by W.W. Christie, in Advances in Lipid…
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Preparation of Ester Derivatives of Fatty Acids for Chromatographic Analysis
The following was first published by W.W. Christie, in Advances in Lipid…
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Microbial phospholipases
Introduction Phospholipases are enzymes that occur ubiquitously across all kingdoms of life…
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Preparation of Lipid Extracts Tissues
The following was first published by W.W. Christie, in Advances in Lipid…
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Action of Natural Antioxidants During Frying
1. Introduction The action of phenolic antioxidants to delay lipid oxidation in…
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Formation of New Compounds During Frying – General Observations
1. Introduction Deep-frying is one of the most commonly used means for…