Peroxisomes are subcellular organelles that play a central role in human physiology by
catalyzing a range of unique metabolic functions. The importance of peroxisomes for human …

Lipids, as the basic component of cell membranes, play an important role in human health
as well as brain function. The brain is highly enriched in lipids, and disruption of lipid …

Ether lipids, such as plasmalogens, are peroxisome-derived glycerophospholipids in which
the hydrocarbon chain at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone is attached by an ether …

Obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease form a
metabolic disease continuum that has seen a dramatic increase in prevalence in developed …

Plasmalogens are a unique class of membrane glycerophospholipids containing a fatty
alcohol with a vinyl-ether bond at the sn-1 position, and enriched in polyunsaturated fatty …

Obesity and related metabolic diseases show clear sex-related differences. The growing
burden of these diseases calls for better understanding of the age-and sex-related metabolic …

Plasmalogens are a class of membrane glycerophospholipids with unique properties. They
contain a vinyl-ether linked alkyl chain at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone and …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

Growing evidence suggests that ethanolamine plasmalogens (PlsEtns), a subtype of
phospholipids, have a close association with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Decreased levels of …

Peroxisomes contain numerous enzymatic activities that are important for mammalian
physiology. Patients lacking either all peroxisomal functions or a single enzyme or …