Lipid biotechnology /
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| Imprint: | New York : Marcel Dekker, c2002. |
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| Description: | xiii, 716 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4629952 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I.. Oilseed Quality Improvement
- 1.. Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
- 2.. Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants
- 3.. Redirecting Lipid Metabolism in Plants
- 4.. Perspectives on the Production of Industrial Oils in Genetically Engineered Oilseeds
- 5.. New Gene Combinations Governing Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Composition in Soybean
- 6.. Strategies for the Development of NuSun Sunflower Hybrids
- 7.. Biosynthesis of Ricinoleic Acid for Castor-Oil Production
- Part II.. Oxylipins: Formation, Potential Uses, and Their Role in Defense
- 8.. Enzymatic Transformation of Lipids as a Plant Defense Mechanism
- 9.. Biocatalysis by the Plant Lipoxygenase Pathway: Oxygenated Fatty Acid Production and Hydroperoxide Lyases
- 10.. Biocatalysis by the Plant Lipoxygenase Pathway: Hydroperoxide-Metabolizing Enzymes
- 11.. Prostaglandin-like Oxylipins in Plants: Biosynthesis, Molecular Signaling, and Response to Environment
- 12.. Cutin Monomers: Biosynthesis and Plant Defense
- 13.. Structural Diversity of Marine Oxylipins
- 14.. Formation of Oxygenated Fatty Acids by Fungal Enzymes
- 15.. Enzymic Formation of Flavor Volatiles from Lipids
- 16.. Terpenoid-Based Defense in Plants and Other Organisms
- Part III.. Lipases and Food Nutrition
- 17.. Lipases: Structure, Function, and Properties
- 18.. Industrial Uses of Lipase
- 19.. Plant Lipases as Biocatalysts
- 20.. Phospholipases in Enzyme Engineering of Phospholipids for Food, Cosmetics, and Medical Applications
- 21.. Enzymatic Synthesis of Structured Lipids
- 22.. Enzymatic Production of Betapol and Other Specialty Fats
- 23.. Enzyme-Mediated Modification of Milkfat
- 24.. Enzymatic Enrichment of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
- 25.. Production of Tailor-Made Polyunsaturated Phospholipids Through Bioconversions
- Part IV.. Biocatalysts in Nonfood Applications
- 26.. Enzymatic Preparation of Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates by Lipases
- 27.. Production of C[subscript 20] Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by an Arachidonic Acid--Producing Fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 and Related Strains
- 28.. Microbial Transformations of Steroids
- 29.. Enzymatic Approaches to the Production of Biodiesel Fuels
- 30.. Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Value-Added Fatty Acid Esters
- 31.. Microbiological Conversions of Fatty Acids to Value-Added Products
- 32.. Biosynthesis and Applications of Glycolipid and Lipopeptide Biosurfactants
- 33.. Application of Lipolytic Enzymes in Detergents
- 34.. Supercritical Fluid Technology for Lipid Extraction, Fractionation, and Reactions
- 35.. Enzyme Reactions in Supercritical Fluids
- Index
