Bioactive Lipids, published by The Oily Press

Edited by Anna Nicolaou (University of Bradford, UK) and George Kokotos (University of Athens, Greece).

September 2004. Hard cover only. 294 pages, 21 tables, 47 figures, 1127 references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9531949-7-1 (ISBN-10: 0-9531949-7-3).
Volume 17 in The Oily Press Lipid Library. Price £85 or US$174.

Bioactive Lipids brings together an international team of authors to discuss the nomenclature, structures, biochemistry, pharmacology and recent developments in the main classes of bioactive lipids. These lipids are essential components of the cell membrane and play many dynamic roles in mediating and controlling a wide array of cellular activities. The importance of these lipids is increasingly recognized in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

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The topics covered are:

Fatty acids Philip C. Calder and Graham C. Burdge (University of Southampton, UK)
Diacylglycerols Kevin P. Becker and Yusuf A. Hannun (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
Phosphoinositides Bernard Payrastre (Hopital Purpan, France)
Lysolipids: sphingosine 1-phosphate and lysophosphatidic acid Susan Pyne (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Plasmalogens, PAF and other ether lipids Akhlaq A. Farooqui and Lloyd A. Horrocks (The Ohio State University, USA)
Ceramides Silvia Vaena de Avalos, Jeffrey A. Jones and Yusuf A. Hannun (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
Glycosphingolipids Thomas Kolter (Kekule-Institut fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universitat Bonn, Germany)
Prostanoids Anna Nicolaou (University of Bradford, UK)
Leukotrienes and lipoxins Stefano Fiore (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Endocannabinoids George Kokotos (University of Athens, Greece)
Isoprostanes Samar Basu (Uppsala University, Sweden)

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