Meet the editor

Rodrigo Valenzuela Baez completed his pre-graduate studies (nutritionist) at the University of Chile (2003), his Masters in nutrition and food technology at the University of Chile (2007), and Doctoral degree in nutrition and foods at the University of Chile (2012). Currently, he is an Associate Professor in Nutrition Department at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He does research in nutrition and food sciences.

Dr. Valenzuela's teaching areas are food science and nutrition, and fats and oils in human nutrition. His current research areas are lipids in health and disease, metabolism and cytoprotection by long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from marine origin, bioconversion of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids from vegetable and marine oils, and physiological effects of n-3 fatty acid as a functional food. Dr. Valenzuela has more than 80 research publications in the lipid and metabolism area.

Contents

Roles of Lipids in Cancer *by Jin Yan Lim and Hiu Yee Kwan*

Plant Lipid Metabolism

*by Fatiha AID*

*by Shahla Hashemi*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 73**

Analytical Tools for Lipid Assessment in Biological Assays *by Banny Silva Barbosa Correia, Raquel Susana Torrinhas,* 

Effect of Nanoparticles on Lipid Peroxidation in Plants

Fatty Acid Compositions in Fermented Fish Products

*by Afnan Freije and Aysha Mohamed Alkaabi*

*William Yutaka Ohashi and Ljubica Tasic*

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Preface

This edited volume is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters concerning developments within the field of lipid metabolism. It includes scholarly contributions from experts in the field that cover such topics as roles of lipids in cancer, analytical tools for lipid assessment in biological assays, plant lipid metabolism, the effect of nanoparticles on lipid peroxidation in plants, and fatty

The book includes chapters dealing with the topics: Roles of Lipids in Cancer, Analytical Tools for Lipid Assessment in Biological Assays, Plant Lipid Metabolism, Effect of Nanoparticles on Lipid Peroxidation in Plants, and Fatty Acid Compositions

**IntechOpen**

The target audience comprises scholars and specialists in the field.

acid compositions in fermented fish products.

in Fermented Fish Products.
