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Unsaturated Fatty Acids

Nutritional and physiological significance: The Report of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Task Force

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Chemistry of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 1-5
  3. Sources of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in the Diet

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    Pages 6-11
  4. Intakes of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in the Population

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    Pages 12-19
  5. Digestion of Lipids to Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 20-23
  6. Absorption of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 24-27
  7. Transport of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 28-34
  8. Metabolism of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 35-47
  9. Functions of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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    Pages 48-62
  10. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Early Development

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    Pages 63-67
  11. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease

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    Pages 68-75
  12. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Plasma Lipids

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    Pages 76-86
  13. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Atherosclerosis

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    Pages 87-91
  14. Unsaturated Fatty Acids, Thrombogenesis and Fibrinolysis

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    Pages 92-113
  15. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Blood Pressure

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    Pages 114-117
  16. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiac Arrhythmias

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    Pages 118-119
  17. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Cancer

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    Pages 120-128
  18. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Diabetes

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    Pages 129-130
  19. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Skin Diseases

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    Pages 131-136
  20. Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Immune Disorders

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    Pages 137-146

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unsaturated Fatty Acids

  • Book Subtitle: Nutritional and physiological significance: The Report of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Task Force

  • Authors: The British Nutrition Foundation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4429-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-442-31621-1Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-4429-0Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 211

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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