Phospholipids are major constituents of biological membranes. The fatty acyl chain
composition of phospholipids determines the biophysical properties of membranes and …

Lipids are a fundamental class of organic molecules implicated in a wide range of biological
processes related to their structural diversity, and based on this can be broadly classified …

Cancers undergo sequential changes to proton (H+) concentration and sensing that are
consequences of the disease and facilitate its further progression. The impact of protonation …

Various artificial transmembrane transporters, designed to function through mobile carrier or
channel mechanisms, have been developed in the past decade. With the aid of structural …

Long-chain fatty acids and lipids serve a wide variety of functions in mammalian
homeostasis, particularly in the formation and dynamic properties of biological membranes …

An attraction for palatable foods rich in lipids is shared by rodents and humans. Over the last
decade, the mechanisms responsible for this specific eating behavior have been actively …

In addition to their well-established function as collectors of light energy for photosynthesis
and as quenchers of triplet chlorophyll and singlet oxygen, carotenoids of higher plant …

Different from some more specialised short reviews, here a general although not
encyclopaedic survey of the function, metabolic role, structure and mechanism of the …

Some time ago, I wrote a review entitled ''Uncoupling of respiration and phosphorylation''for
the wx book ''Frontier of Cellular Bioenergetics''1. In that Ž. paper I hypothesized that i the …

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most abundant n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid in the
brain where it serves to regulate several important processes and, in addition, serves as a …