Lipids in Health and Disease  -  Peter Quinn

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Lipids are functionally versatile molecules. They have evolved from relatively simple hydrocarbons that serve as depot storages of metabolites and barriers to the permeation of solutes into complex compounds that perform a variety of signalling functions in higher organisms. This volume is devoted to the polar lipids and their constituents. We have omitted the neutral lipids like fats and oils because their function is generally to act as deposits of metabolizable substrates. The sterols are also outside th...
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Uitgever: Springer 598 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1402088302 ISBN-13: 9781402088308