Lipids in health: their source, composition, and uses

Shiv Sanjeevi Prerna Pandey

9781774073407

236 pages

Arcler Education Inc

Hardback $160.00

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Overview

Lipids in Health: Their Source, Composition and Uses discusses the origin, source, composition and use of lipids in day-to-day life. It includes the role of lipids in food, mental and physical health along with the significance of lipids in treatment of certain diseases. This book also discusses about algal and vegetable oils as sustainable fish oil substitutes in rainbow trout diets, association of lipid profile with bone mineral density and bone formation in subjects with spinal cord injury, lipid droplets and mycobacterium leprae infection, herbal medicine for the treatment of obesity and ectopic fat and insulin resistance.

Author Bio

Shiv Sanjeevi Sripathi secured second rank in Mumbai University and first rank in his college at his undergrad level and in his college during his Masters and has worked on a stem cell project at the Specialized Centre for Cell Based Therapy (SCCT), KEM Hospital at Mumbai, following which he was a Junior Research Fellow at Microbiology & Cell Biology Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from August 2009 to November 2011. The field of work involved cloning of cell wall genes and transcription factors in E. coli & M. smegmatis. This was followed by a stint as a Research and Development Executive at Transasia Biomedicals, Mumbai where he worked on patent writing and Immunoassays from 2011 till 2013. In 2013, he entered the teaching field where he has been tutoring biology and chemistry to the students of 11th and 12th grades along with English grammar and communication skills to people of all age groups.