Fatty Acids: Chemistry, Synthesis, and Applications

Fatty Acids: Chemistry, Synthesis and Applications is a comprehensive source of information about a wide range of industrially important fatty acids. This practical resource provides key insights into the chemistry, synthesis, industrial applications, derivatives, and analysis of fatty acids, and the chemical modifications that transform them for use in products from biodiesel fuels to pharmaceuticals.

Written by a team of industry experts, Fatty Acids includes detailed descriptions of fatty acid crystallization, enzymatic synthesis, and microbial production. This book focuses heavily on the chemistry of trans fatty acids, with extensive explanations of their synthesis and measurement. Further, the book addresses advances in the analytical methodology, including mass spectrometry, of fatty acids as well as their derivatives.

This book serves as a reference manual to a new generation of lipid scientists and researchers; a useful resource for oleochemical industries; and a valuable teaching aid for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in fields related to the chemistry of oils, fats, and food.

Includes recent developments in the synthesis of fatty acid derivatives, as renewable raw materials for the chemical industryPresents efficient synthetic methods for the dietary trans fatty acids in multi-gram scale allowing scientists and researchers to study dietary effects of individual trans fatty acids on human healthAddresses uses of fats and fatty acids in foods and nutritionIdentifies the roles of fatty acids and derivatives in cosmetic technology

1. History of Fatty Acids Chemistry 2. Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids: Source, Chemistry, and Uses 3. Epoxy Fatty Acids: Chemistry and Biological Effects 4. Acetylenic Epoxy Fatty Acids: Chemistry, Synthesis and their Pharmaceutical Applications 5. Carbocyclic Fatty Acids: Chemistry and Biological Properties 6. Modification of Oil Crops to produce Fatty Acids for Industrial Applications 7. Microbial Production of Fatty Acids 8. Chemical Derivatization of Castor Oil and Their Industrial Utilization 9. Chemical Modification of High Free Fatty Acid Oils for Biodiesel Production 10. Synthesis of Sugar-Fatty Acid Esters and their Industrial Utilization 11. Fatty Acids-based Surfactants and their Uses 12. The Role of Fatty Acids in Cosmetic Technology 13. Chemistry of Long Chain a, B-unsaturated Fatty Acid and Reactions Thereof 14. Estolides: Synthesis and Applications 15. An Efficient, Multigram Synthesis of Dietary Cis- and Trans-Octadecenoic (18:1) Fatty Acids 16. Advancement in Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Analyses of Dietary Fatty Acids 17. Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Fatty Acids and Derivatives 18. Crystallization of Fats and Fatty Acids in Edible Oils and Structure Determination