USEFUL LINKS FOR THE STUDY OF LIPIDS

Books on lipids:

Les lipides dans le monde vivant
par C. Leray, Lavoisier

Introduction to lipidomics: From bacteria to man
par C. Leray, CRC Press (ou Lavoisier)

Les lipides – Nutrition et santé
par C. Leray, Lavoisier

Diététique et Neurosciences
Ces lipides qui stimulent notre cerveau

par C. Leray, Sauramps Médical

 

FRENCH ORGANISATIONS

 

MAIN SITES FOR BIOLOGY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY WEB SITES

 

WEB SITES DEVOTED TO LIPIDS

Almond Board of California
Analysis of olive oils at Aberystwyth
– Personnal page devoted to biophysical analysis and production of olive oil
Arabidopsis lipid gene database
(Michigan State University) – Diagrams of acyl-lipid metabolism
Aroma-Science
-Discussions and solutions for aromatherapy professionals
Association Française pour l’Etude des Corps Gras (AFECG)
Barleans’s Organic Oils – Borage and flaxseed oils
Benecol International – Margarine with stanol esters
Brassinosteroids
– Review by Clouse SD in the Arabidopsis book
Bufadienolides of plant and animal origin
-review by Steyn PS et al.
California Walnut Association

Canadian Canola Oil
– Canola Information Site
Canola Council of Canada – Canola Connection

CETIOM
– Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Oléagineux Métropolitains
Codex Alimentarius
– General standards for fats and oils (Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme)
College-level course in lipids – Vermont University
Conjugated fatty acids
– References (Pr Pariza web site)
Corn Refiners Association : Corn Oil
Cosmetics oil – Teco Finance Export (cashew, hemp and karité oil)
Craig Byrdwell Lipid site
– Mass analyses of triacylglycerols and phospholipids
CREOL
– Pilote d’études de graines d’oléagineux
CTVO-NET (Chemical-Technical Utilization of Vegetable Oils)-Funded by the European commission for the non food applications of vegetal oils, definition of the prospects of European oils.
Drug Therapy for Lipid Disorders
– Medicine college of Wisconsin
Eicosanoids and vascular pharmacology

Essential Nutrient Research Company – Flax information web site for human and dogs
European Olive oil Medical Information Center
European Lipidomics Initiative
– ELIfe: The European Lipidomics Initiative; Shaping the life sciences
Fats for Health
– Essential fatty acid information and news
Fats of life
– Information on fatty acids and nutrition. Complimentary subscription to a PUFA Newsletter
Fats You Need — Essential Fatty Acids

Fatty acids : list of composition and trivial names (AOCS Analytical Division)
FFA Sciences – Company manufacturing probes to measure free fatty acids
FOSS
– Food oil analysis
Genetic and Biochemistry Seed Lipids Group
– Instituto de la Grasa. CSIC. Sevilla. Spain (Lipase software to calculate TAG composition)
Groupe de Recherche et d’Etude des Médiateurs de l’Inflammation
(GREMI)
Gunstone FD Home page

HDL forum
– Peer reviewed analyses of recent clinical and basic scientific advances in HDL by internationally recognized experts
Individual fatty acid intakes
– Data tables (1995)
Information on olive oil
– INFO COMM (Market information in the commodiies area) – CNUCED
Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils
– Resources relating to the edible fats and oils industry, including various published materials
Instituto de la Grasa – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain
Internation Carotenoid Society

International Fishmeal and Fish oil Organisation

International Health News Database : Fish and Fish Oil

ISSFAL – International Society for the Study of Fatty acids and Lipids  
ITERG (French Institute for Fats and Oils)
Kansas Lipidomics Research Center
– Lipid signaling/Lipidomics group, Kansas State University
Laboratoire de Lipolyse enzymatique (Pr R. Verger)
Laboratoire “Physiopathologie des Lipides et membranes” (Pr M. Lagarde)
Laboratory of Marine Lipids
– Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, Russia (Pr AB Imbs)
Le méditerranéen – Dietetics and olive oil
LIPIDFORUM – Scandinavian forum for lipid research and technology
Lipid analysis unit
– Commercial lipid analysis service and courses on lipids. Lipid library 
Lipid Bank for Web
– Searchable bank of various lipids – Japanese conference on the biochemistry of lipids
Lipid Library
  (Description, analysis, literature)
LIPID MAPS
(Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy – The site of Lipidomics)
LIPIDAT
(relational database of thermodynamic and associated information on lipid mesophase and crystal polymorphic transitions + molecular structures)
LipiDiDiet (European project on the Impact of Nutritional Lipids on Neuronal and Cognitive Performance in Aging, Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular Dementia).
Lipidomics (European Lipidomics Initiative)
Lipidomics Core facilities (Hollings Cancer Center)
Lipidomics Research Center (Kansas state university)-Service and scientific development components
Lipids
(Research area of the Dept of Physics and Physical Oceanography – Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Lipids online
– Information and educational tools on atherosclerosis and other lipid disorders. Baylor college of medicine, Houston.
Lipomics Technologies inc.
– Lipid library (fatty acids, sterols)
Liposome Company

LISA
(Lipids for Industry safety and Health) – CARNOT Institute
Lycopene

Malaysian Palm Oil Board
(MPOB)
Margarine Institut für Gesunde Ernährung

Martek Science for life – Marine oils
MASS SPEC
– Mass spectrometry of lipids (service from Pittsburgh University)
Mass spectrometry of fatty acid derivatives

Membrane lipids
(crystal structure) – Dpt of biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia
Metabolism of lipids
(Indiana state university)
Microbial ID, Inc
– Service laboratory to identify bacteria by lipid analysis
Midi, Inc
– Microbial identification systems and fatty acid analysis
MRS Lipid Analysis Unit
Mylnefield Research Services Ltd
(Scottish Crop Research Institute)
National Association of Margarine Manufacture 
National Oilseed Processors Association
(NOPA)
National Plant Lipid Cooperative
(NPLC)
Numega lipids (Tuna fish oil and marine fatty acids)
Oil World – Forecasting and Information Service, News on oils and fats markets for Oilseeds, oils and meals.
Oleaginous products (Beghin Say)
Olive oil: The oil and the health (Association du groupement des oléiculteurs varois)
Omega 3 and 6 News ONLINE – University of Mannitoba – Reference center and conferencing area dedicated to polyunsaturated fatty acids
Plant Lipid Home Page

Plateforme Scientifique LiPolGreen – Interface entre sciences du végétal et chimie verte, s’appuie sur des compétences dans les domaines de la biotechnologie des lipides. SupAgro, Montpellier, France.
Polymer Laboratories
– Surfactants
PORLA Home page – Palm oil, nutritional facts
PUFA NewsLetter
(Fats of Life)
Resorcinolic lipid’s page
– Dr Kozubek laboratory. Occurrence, biological activities, practical information
Savon de Marseille – Fabrication – Histoire
SCI – Oils and Fats Group (Society of Chemical Industry, London) conferences and publications from the Society of Chemical Industry.
Site de l’huile d’olive (financé par l’UE) – Histoire, les différentes huiles, fabrication, conservation, emplois
Sea-oil (Extraction and production of fish oil)
Seed Oil Fatty Acid (SOFA)
– Data base from the Institute for chemistry and physics of lipids in Münster
Seed oil translation table (AOCS Analytical division)
Seed Oil Fatty Acid (SOFA)
– Data base from the Institute for chemistry and physics of lipids in Münster
SOFA Database
– Seed oil fatty acids (Max Rubner Institut)
Soya and Oilseed bluebook online (Information source for the oilseed industry)
Stazione Sperimentale per le Industrie degli Oli e dei Grassi

Sterol metabolism in plants
– Review by Benveniste P. in the Arabidopsis book
Studies proving the essentiality of n-3 fatty acids
Surfactants – References
The Good Scents Company vegetable oils Information
The Olive Oil source
– Olive oil information and products
The Olive Press
– Official site of Bertolli olive oil 
The Olive Tree World
(History, Health, Recipes, Links)
The Omega Diet – Information on the Lifesaving Nutritional Program
Trans Fat Info Web page
: Health issues and trans fat
United Soybean Board
University of Oregon
: Low fat products, fat replacers, fat substitutes, reduced fat
U.S. Edible Oil Industry
– List of companies with web links (Institute of shortening and edible oils)
Zamora Page on fatty acids in nutrition

 

MAIN LIPID SUPPLIERS


Alban Muller International  – Ingrédients pour le cosmétique
Avanti Polar Lipids  – Lipides naturels, principalement phospholipides et sphingolipides
Bertin Pharma
– Lipides bioactifs : réactifs et études sur contrat (concentration, activité, …), formulations
Biomol – Biomolecules for Research (Bioactive lipids)
Britannia Food Ingredients
– Huiles et graisses pour l’alimentation
Cayman Chemical
– Lipides, leucotriènes, prostaglandines
Cosmetics applications of phospholipids
– Laboratoires collaboratifs 
Doosan Serdary Research Laboratories
– Lipides de haute pureté
Echelon Research Laboratories Inc
– Produits pour la signalisation cellulaire
Flax Information web site
Henry Lamotte GmbH
– Huiles et aliments pour l’industrie et le commerce
Inositols.com
– Source d’inositols, de phosphoinositides, de phosphatidylinositols
International Fishmeal and Oil manufacturer association
Jayant Oil Mills Group
– Huile de ricin
Karlshamns – Huiles de table, nutrition clinique, applications en pharmacie
Larodan Fine Chemicals – Lipides de haute purité
Loders Croklaan
– Lipides alimentaires
Lucas Meyer – The lecithin people

Maritex
– Huiles de poisson riches en omega 3
Matreya
– Lipides purs, standards et produits biochimiques purs
Northern Lipids Inc
– Recherches sur les liposomes, les lipides purs, services  analytiques

Oxford Biochemical Research (UK)
– Acides gras, eicosanoides et dérivés actifs
Pronova Biocare 
– Huiles de poisson
S & J Lipids – Lipides pour la pharmacie, l’alimentation et l’industrie
Verband Deutscher Oelmühlen e.V
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JOURNALS DEVOTED TO LIPIDS

Aceites y Grasas – Asociacion Argentina de grasas y aceites, Chacabuco 567 – 1 Piso – 2 CuerpoOfficina 48 (1069) Buenos Aires. Since 1990.

Analysis and Characterization of Oils, Fats, and Fat Products – Interscience Publishers, Chichester. Since 1964.

ASD Oil Palm Papers – Publication of the Agriculture Servies and Development (ASD) de Costa Rica SA

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids – Elsevier Science, Limerick, Ireland. Since 1966.

CHOI CHOI – Conseils huile d’olive information – Centre d’information de l’huile d’olive. Since 1973

CholesterolHindawi Publishing Corporation (Open access journal)

Current Opinion in Lipidology – Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, London. Since 1990.

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology – Ed Prof. F. Spener, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. Since 2000. (Formerly : Fat Sci Technol)

Fett
/Lipids – (Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Technologie der Fette, Öle und Wachse) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. Since 1987. From 2000 see above: European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology.

Fish Oil Research Today – Omega 3, dosage, health benefits, diet. 

Grasas y Aceites – Consejo superior de investigationes cientificas. Instituto de la grasa y sus derivados, Avda. Padre Garcia Tejero, 4. 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Since 1950.

Informaciones sobre Grasas y Aceites – Departamento de estadisticas e informaciones, Instituo Argentino de grasas y aceites, Buenos Aires. Since 1963.

International Journal of Cosmetic Science – Published on behalf of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists and La Société Française de Cosmétologie   by Chapman et Hall (USA/Canada) and ITPS Ltd Andover, Hampshire SP10 5BE, UK (rest of the world).

International News on Fats, Oils and related Materials (INFORM) – AOCS, Champaign, IL. Since 1990.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology (Elsevier, since 2007) – (National Lipid Association)

Journal of Food Lipids  – Food and Nutrition Press, Trumbull, CT. Since 1993.

Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics – Open access journal, since 2011, Editor-in-Chief : Kazuaki Kakehi

Journal of the American Oil Chemical Society (JAOCS)

Journal of the Japan Oil Chemistry Society

Journal of Lipid Mediators – Elsevier Science. 1989-1993.

Journal of Lipid Mediators and Cell Signalling – Elsevier, Amsterdam. 1994-1997.

Journal of Lipid Research – Lipid Research Inc, Bethesda, Md. Since 1959.

Journal of Lipids – Hindawi Publishing Corporation (Open access journal)

Journal of Oil Technologists’ Association of India – Oil Technologists’ Association of India, Delhi, India since 1968.

Journal of Oleo Science
(Continuation of J Jap Oil Chem Soc) – Japan Oil Chemists’ Society

Journal of Palm Oil Research (formerly known as Elaeis)

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents – AOCS, Champaign, Il. Since 1947.

Le Nouvel Olivier – Edited by “Le Nouvel Olivier”, 22 avenue Henri Pontier 13626 Aix en Provence Cedex 1, France.

Lipid Technology
The International Magazine of oils, fats, lipids and waxes. PJ Barnes and Associates, PO Box 200, Bridgewater TA7 0YZ, England.

LipidsAOCS, Champaign, Il. Since 1947.

Lipids in Health and DiseaseOnline journal published by “BioMed Central” (open access). Since 2002.

Lipid Insights Open-access online journal that covers all aspects of lipids. Since 2008.

Living and Loving Low Fat – Greenbelt, Md. Since 1955.

Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (Biochimica Biophysica Acta) – Elsevier Science.

Neurobiology of lipidsOnline publication of the results and conclusions of original research in neuroscience of lipids

Oils and Fats InternationalDMG business Media Ltd, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QS, England. Since 1985.

Oil and Oilseeds Journal –
Bombay oilseeds and oils exchange Ltd, Bombay. Since 1948.

Oil Mill GazetteerOil mill gazetteer (International journal for the oilseeds processing industry), AOCS Press, 2211 West Bradley Avenue P.O. Box 3489 Champaign, IL 61826-3489. Since 1995.

Oil Palm News –
Oil palm advisory bureau, tropical products institute, Tropical Products Inc., London. Since 1966.

Oilseeds Variety Handbook –
National institute of agriculture Botany, Cambridge, UK. Since 1995.

Oléagineux, Corps Gras Lipides
John Libbey Eurotext, Montrouge. Since 1992.

Oléoscope –
Edited by CETIOM, 12 avenue George V, 75008 Paris.

Olivae –
Revue officielle du Conseil Oléicole International, Principe de Vergara, 154, 28002 Madrid, Spain. Edited in French, English, Spanish and Italian. Contact : iooc@internationaloliveoil.org

Progress in Lipid Research
Elsevier Science. Since 1979 (formerly : Prog Chem Fats Lipids).

Progress in the Chemistry of Fats and other Lipids – Pergamon Press, London. Since 1952 to 1979.

Prostaglandins and other Lipid MediatorsElsevier Science, NY. Since 1998.

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty AcidsElsevier Science. Since 1988.

Recent Research Developments in Lipids ResearchTransworld research network, Trivandrum, India.

Rivista Italiana delle Sostanza GrasseStazione sperimentale degli oli e dei grassi, Milano. Since 1961.

Seifen Öle Fette Wachse-Journal –
Verl. Chemische Industrie, Augsburg. Since 1992.

The Oily Press – High-quality books on oils, fats and other lipids written and published by lipid experts (free electronic version of Gunstone & Herslof’s book “Lipid Glossary 2” for download).

 

DISCUSSION GROUPS

Groupe de discussion sur les lipides (Yahoo)
Groupe de discussion sur la chromatographie
(St Louis)
Réseau de groupes de discussion sur la biologie

 

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