1st Edition
by Carla Ferreri (Author), Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu (Author)
Lipidomics is an important aspect
of personalized medicine in relation to nutrition and metabolism. This
approach has become important due to the substantial presence of
nutraceuticals in the market, since it gives personalized criteria on
how to choose the right nutraceutical strategy for both prevention and
for quality of life.
This multi-disciplinary textbook uses a
simple and practical approach to provide a comprehensive overview of
lipidomics and their connection with health and nutrition. The text is
divided into two parts:
- Part 1 outlines the basics of
lipidomics and focuses on the biochemical and nutritional aspects with
descriptions of the analytical methods employed for the examination of
cell membrane fatty acid composition.
- Part 2 familiarizes the
reader with the use of membrane lipidomic diagnostics in practical
health care, using health conditions as examples to introduce the
concept of lipidomic profiles in different physiological and
pathological situations including prevention.
Through the various
properties of membrane lipidomics, readers will be able to combine the
molecular status of the cell membrane with the evaluation of the subject
for personalized nutritional and nutraceutical strategies.
Membrane Lipidomics for Personalized Health
will be beneficial to biologists, biochemists and medical researchers,
as well as health care professionals, pharmacists, and nutritionists
seeking in-depth information on the topic.
