Lipids in Health and Disease
Quinn, Peter / Wang, Xiaoyuan![Lipids in Health and Disease](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/105/10521698/CHSBZCOP0310521698.jpg)
Lipids are functionally versatile molecules. They have evolved from relatively simple hydrocarbons that serve as depot storages of metabolites and barriers to the permeation of solutes into complex compounds that perform a variety of signalling functions in higher organisms. This volume is devoted to the polar lipids and their constituents. We have omitted the neutral lipids like fats and oils because their function is generally to act as depo...