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Fatty Acids in Foods and Their Health Implications, Second Edition,

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ISBN10: 824767829
ISBN13: 9780824767822

Publisher: CRC Press

Price: $209.95
Pages: 1064
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Publish date: December 1999

Outline:
An examination of certain types of fatty acids and their role in the aetiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune and inflammatory diseases, renal disease, diabetes, neuromuscular disorders, liver disease, mental illness, visual dysfunction, and ageing. It reviews historic advances in biotechnology, including techniques for genetic manipulation of fatty acid composition. This revised and expanded second edition contains 11 new chapters.

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