Title page -- Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Molecular and Nutritional Basis of Cell Membranes and Lipidomics -- 1 Membranes for Life and Life for Membranes -- 1.1 CELL MEMBRANES: THE ROLE OF FATTY ACIDS AND THE EXCLUSION OF TRANS ISOMERS -- 1.2 ORGANIZATION AND HOMEOSTASIS -- 2 Fatty Acid Families -- 2.1 SATURATED FATTY ACIDS: BIOSYNTHESIS AND DIETARY REGULATION -- 2.2 MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS: THE IMPORTANCE TO BE Cis -- 2.3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS: THE ESSENTIALITY FOR HUMAN CELLS -- 3 Essential Fatty Acids -- 3.1 THE OMEGA-6 AND OMEGA-3 FAMILIES: CASCADES AND REGULATION -- 3.2 THE BALANCE BETWEEN OMEGA-6 AND OMEGA-3 PATHWAYS: NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC CONSIDERATIONS -- 3.3 FOOD AND MEMBRANES: A VIRTUOUS CYCLE -- 4 Free Radicals and Lipids -- 4.1 TRANS FATTY ACIDS FOR HUMANS: THE NUTRITIONAL INTAKE -- 4.2 ENDOGENOUS SOURCES OF TRANS FATTY ACIDS BY FREE RADICAL STRESS -- 4.3 FREE RADICALS AND LIPID OXIDATION: THE THRESHOLD FOR HEALTH -- 4.4 LIPOPROTEINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARKERS FOR LIPID REACTIVITY -- Part II: Membrane Lipidomics for Personalized Health -- 5 What Is Lipidomics for Health -- 5.1 THE BIRTH OF THE POSTGENOMICS ERA -- 5.2 LIPIDOMICS IN THE POSTGENOMIC ERA -- 5.3 FATTY ACIDS INVOLVED IN MEMBRANE AND MEDIATOR LIPIDOMICS -- 5.4 MEMBRANE LIPIDOMICS: CELLULAR STRESS, TURNOVER, AND OPPORTUNITIES -- 5.5 PHOSPHOLIPIDS FROM DIETARY INTAKES TO BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS -- 6 Lipidomics of Erythrocyte Membranes -- 6.1 ERYTHROCYTE AS A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH BIOMARKER -- 6.2 THE OPTIMAL VALUE INTERVALS AND THE MEMBRANE UNBALANCE INDEX -- 6.3 LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS AND RELATED INDICES -- 6.4 THE INDIVIDUATION OF MOLECULAR INDICATORS -- 7 Nutrilipidomics -- 7.1 WHEN FATTY ACIDS BECOME NUTRACEUTICALS: MEMBRANE THERAPY WITH NUTRILIPIDOMICS.

7.2 FATTY ACID-BASED MEMBRANE LIPIDOMICS AND NUTRILIPIDOMICS: THE PERSONALIZED APPROACH FOR NUTRITION AND NUTRACEUTICALS IN HEALTH AND DISEASES -- 8 Lipidomic Profiles and Intervention Strategies in Prevention and Diseases -- 8.1 LIPIDOMICS AND SPORT -- 8.2 LIPIDOMICS AND PREGNANCY -- 8.3 LIPIDOMICS AND AGING -- 8.4 LIPIDOMICS AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH -- 8.5 LIPIDOMICS AND OVERWEIGHT -- 8.6 LIPIDOMICS AND DERMATOLOGY -- 8.7 LIPIDOMICS AND NEUROLOGY -- 8.8 LIPIDOMICS AND OPHTALMOLOGY -- 8.9 CONCLUSIVE REMARKS -- 9 Lipidomics and Tutorials -- 9.1 FIRST STEPS FOR THE LIPIDOMIC ANALYSIS -- 9.2 LEARNING VERIFICATION -- ANSWERS -- References and Notes -- Index -- End User License Agreement.