EDITED BY UMBERTO BRACCO, RICHARD J. DECKELBAUM

This volume highlights the important clinical implications of recent findings on the biochemistry, metabolism, and physiological function of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). Leading experts define the relationships between dietary LCPUFAs and their structural-metabolic physiological rolee, examine the influence of LCPUFAs and other essential fatty acids on infant development, discuss the evidence linking various disorders to essential fatty acid imbalance, and describe new approaches to problems relating to dietary LCPUFAs, particularly in infant feeding. 

The contributors review the most significant research on the transport and cellular utilization of LCPUFAs, their role in phospholipid molecular species, their extracellular and intracellular fates, their metabolism to oxidative derivatives, and their function.