Nutrition General Effects. - Conditions Influencing Essentiality of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. - Dietary Fats during Early Development. - Cardiovascular System The Significance of Dietary Fat for Metabolic Diseases and Atherosclerosis in Particular. - Dietary and Pharmacological Control of Human and Experimental Hypercholesterolemia. - Dietary Fatty Acids and Vascular Eicosanoids. - Effects of Saturated and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Plasma Lipids Platelets and the Vascular System. - Thrombosis. - Dietary Fatty Acids and Thrombosis. - Unexpected Effects of Dietary Palm Oil on Arterial Thrombosis (Rat) and Atherosclerosis (Rabbit) Comparison with Other Vegetable Oils and Fish Oil. - Dietary Fatty Acids and Platelet Composition and Function in Human Studies. - Comparative Evaluation of Olive Oil and of Corn Oil in the Prevention of Atherosclerosis. - Selected Fatty Acids. - Minor Fatty Acids of the N-6 Sereis and Platelets. - Fats from Marine Animals in Human Nutrition. - n-3 Fatty Acids and the Eicosanoid System. - Effect of Eicosapentanoic Acid on Leukotriene B Formation by Human Neutrophils and the Relevance to Inflammation. - Minor Components. - A Biological Antioxidant Function for Vitamin E: Electron Shuttling for a Membrane-Bound Free Radical Reductase. - Biological Effects of Trans Fatty Acids. - Technology. - Agriculture-Industry Relationship. - The Impact of Conventional Technologies on the Chemical Composition of Fats. - Hydrogenation of Edible Oils. - Margarine Production in the U. S. A. and Its Nutritional Contribution to Man's Diet. - Non-Conventional Hydrogenation of Fat. - Fats of Tropical Origin. - The Impact of Non-Conventional Technologies on the Chemical Composition of Fats. - Recent Developments in the Technologies of Plant Breeding for Oilseed Improvement. -Production of Fats of Particular Biological Significance. - Auto-oxidation Process. - By-Products Formed in Heated Fats. - Residues and Contaminants in Edible Fats and Oils. - Complex Natural Phospholipid Blends. - Recommedations from the Advanced NATO Workshop. - Contributors. Language: English