A concise introduction to phospholipid chemistry intended for a broad audience of biologists and biochemists, this book can serve as a graduate textbook or as a guide for research on signal transduction and biological membranes.

1. Introduction to Lipids 2. Phospholipid(s) Associations in Cellular Structures 3. Isolation and Identification of Cellular Phospholipids 4. Phosphoglycerides I: Diacyl-, alkylacyl-, alkenacyl phosphatidylcholines, Sphingomyelin 5. Phosphoglycerides II: Diacyl-, alkylacyl-, alkenacyl phosphatidylethanolamines, Phosphatidylinositols, Phosphatidyl serine 6. Minor Phospholipids: Platelet activating factor (PAF) and PAF analogs, Lysophosphatidic acid and phosphatidic acid, Phosphatidylglyceraol, Cardiolipin, Sphingosine 1-P, Concluding Remarks

Donald J. HanahanProfessor of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio (Emeritus)

"Whether you are a biochemistry teacher or a student, this book is an excellent introduction to the subtleties of lipids and will act as a guide to those wishing to extend these studies to bacterial, animal or plant species."--Journal of Chemical Education |k No