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Progress in the Chemistry of Fats and Other Lipids Vol. 2
Is recent years interest in the chemistry and biology of lipid materials has grown rapidly. It is now realized that lipids, like proteins and carbohydrates, are not only important in the normal and abnormal behaviour of living matter, but also as raw materials for an ever increasing variety of edible and inedible manu- factured products. Various substances have been included in the lipid classifica tion, largely on the basis of biological interrelationships. From a purely chemical point of view lipids are a rather ill-defined and heterogenous group of substances. Nevertheless, even non-triglyceride lipids, whose biological importance has long been recognized, are now assuming commercial importance as materials for the production of food products, therapeutic agents and chemicals.
The reception given to Volume 1 of Progress in the Chemistry of Fata and Other Lipids has made it obvious that there is a need for the periodic publication of authoritative digests of recent advances in the more rapidly progressing areas of investigation. It appeared that this need could best be met by publication of a series of monographs containing the contributions of specialists in the areas of greatest interest. Because of the heterogeneity in this field, however, there was some question regarding division of subject matter. In the experience of the editors, the interests of lipid specialists extend into areas that may be quite unrelated to their own, so it was decided that these monographs should be published rather frequently, perhaps yearly, if warranted by the progress in lipids research, and should include timely chapters on all types of researches, whether biological, chemical, or industrial. The only area not included within the scope of this series is technology. The technology of lipid materials will be covered in a companion series of monographs entitled Progress in the Technology of Fats, the first volume of which will appear in the near future.
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