In Nutraceutical and Specialty Lipids and their Co-Products Fereidoon Shahidi, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Lipids, brings together top researchers to address the potential application and delivery of lipids in functional foods. Sharing much of their own research, they offer an unparalleled view of the field that covers basic lipid chemistry, as well as progressive findings concerning the nutritional value of beneficial lipids. They include research on cereal grain, marine, fruit seed, and tree nut oils, as well as oilseed medicinals, fat replacers, and many other sources of lipids. They also consider stability issues and the latest tools being used for lipids purification.

Nutraceutical and Specialty Lipids. Medium Chain Triacylglycerols. Cereal Grain Oils. Fruit Seed Oils. Minor Specialty Oils. Sphingolipids. Modification and Purification of Sphinogolipids and Gangliosides. Hydroxy Fatty Acids. Tree Nuts, Oils, and By-Products: Compositional Characteristics and Nutraceutical Applications. Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA). Diacylglycerols (DAG) and their Mode of Action. Conjugated Linoleic Acids (CLA): Food, Nutrition, and Health. Occurrence of Conjugated Fatty Acids in Aquatic and Terrestrial Plants and their Physiological Effects. Marine Conjugated Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Marine Oils: Compositional Characteristics and Health Effects. Single Cell Oils as Sources of Nutraceutical and Specialty Lipids: Processing Technologies and Applications. Emulsions: Formation, Stability, and Applications. Lipid Emulsions for Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Use and as Carriers for Lipid Soluble Drugs. Modified Oils. Fat Replacers: Mimetics and Substitutes. Application of Functional Lipids in Foods. Application of Multi-Step Reactions with Lipases to Oil and Fat Industry. Structure Related Effects on Absorption and Metabolism of Nutraceutical and Specialty Lipids. Lipid Oxidation in Specialty Oils. Trans Fatty Acids in Specialty Lipids. Tocopherols and Tocotrienols as By-Products of Edible Oil Processing Vitamin E: A New Perspective. Plant Sterols and Steryl Esters in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. Phospholipids/Lecithin: A Class of Nutraceutical Lipids. Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) as a new Tool for Preparative-Scale Purification of Lipid and Related Compounds. Oilseed Medicinals: Applications in Drugs and Functional Foods.