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Phospholipid technology and applications

Edited by F D Gunstone, Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK

Oily Press Lipid Library Series No. 22

...highly recommended for technologists in the food industry, for students, technicians, and scientists working with phospholipids or other surfactants in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic applications. It is also important for biochemists and biologists with an interest in biomembranes and phospholipids in human health and functional foods.
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Clearly, the authors have invested a substantial amount of effort and time to make this book a very valuable source on lecithin. Well done.
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Phospholipid technology and applications is an essential reference for technologists developing food and cosmetics products, scientists researching phospholipids in biological and food systems, technologists in fats and oils refining, and scientists developing drugs and drug delivery systems and carriers.

The major source of phospholipids is the lecithin recovered during degumming of vegetable oils, particularly soybean oil. This crude material finds uses in its own right but can be purified through a series of processes which eventually lead to individual phospholipid classes such as phosphatidylcholines.

It is widely accepted that oil and water do not mix but there are several areas in science and technology where these two distinct phases must coexist in stable emulsions. This is achieved by admixture of amphiphilic molecules of which the phospholipids are important natural examples. Today, phospholipids find many uses in the food industry and in other industries which exploit the amphiphilic nature of these compounds. Further, there are now important procedures by which their amphiphilicity can be optimized for different uses.

The early chapters in this book are devoted to the more common glycerol-based phospholipids and cover their structure, source, composition, modification by chemical and enzymatic methods, their physical, chemical, and nutritional properties, and their major uses. The final chapter is devoted to another kind of phospholipid, the sphingolipids, in which there is a growing interest.

ISBN 0 9552512 2 2
ISBN-13: 978 0 9552512 2 1
April 2008
214 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£125.00 / US$210.00 / €150.00

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About the editor

Frank D. Gunstone, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland.

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Contents

Chemical structure and biological function
Tong Wang
 - Phospholipid molecular structure
 - Biological functions of phospholipids
 - References

Major sources, composition and processing
Michael Schneider
 - Introduction
 - Occurrence
 - Phospholipid processing
 - Modification of phospholipids
 - Commercial uses
 - References

Enzymatic modification of phospholipids and related polar lipids
Xuebing Xu, Anders Falk Vikbjerg, Zheng Guo, Long Zhang and Ashish Kumar Acharya
 - Introduction
 - Enzymatic production of lysophospholipids
 - Enzymatic modification of fatty acid profiles of glycerophospholipids
 - Enzymatic modification of polar head groups of glycerophospholipids
 - Enzymatic modification of sphingolipids
 - Enzymatic modification of glycolipids
 - Remarks and future perspectives
 - Acknowledgement
 - References

Uses of phospholipids as functional ingredients
Ernesto Hernandez and Nathalie Quezada
 - Introduction
 - Properties of phospholipids
 - Phospholipids and application in foods
 - Pharmaceutical applications of phospholipids
 - Cosmetic applications of phospholipids
 - Modified phospholipids
 - References

Physical properties of phospholipids
Anders Carlsson
 - Introduction
 - Basic properties
 - Amphiphilicity
 - Classification of phospholipids
 - Various lipid phases and the chain-melting temperature
 - Phase behaviour in aqueous systems
 - Dispersed systems
 - Microemulsions
 - Biomembranes
 - Postscript
 - Acknowledgement
 - References

Chemical modification
Alice Bonekamp
 - Introduction
 - Acylated lecithin
 - Hydroxylated lecithin
 - Acetylated and hydroxylated lecithin
 - Industrial applications of chemically modified lecithin
 - Summary
 - References

Clinical and nutritional properties of phospholipids
Asim K. Duttaroy
 - Introduction
 - Medical applications of phospholipids
 - Roles in nutrition and health
 - Role of phospholipids in signal transmission
 - Importance of n–3 fatty acids in membrane phospholipids
 - Phospholipidosis
 - Conclusions
 - References

Sphingolipids
Åke Nilsson
 - Introduction
 - Sphingolipids in nature
 - Sphingolipids in the diet
 - Digestion and absorption
 - Biological effects in the gut
 - Sphingolipids in infant nutrition
 - Can dietary sphingolipids have adverse effects?
 - Future perspectives
 - Acknowledgement
 - References