The Chemistry of Plant Life

CHAPTER X--FATS AND OILS, WAXES, AND LIPOIDS

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General composition; fats and oils, occurrence, chemical constitution, acids which occur in natural fats, alcohols which occur in natural fats, hydrolysis and synthesis of fats, extraction of oils from plant tissues, identification of fats and oils, physiological use; the waxes; the lipoids, lecithin, other plant phosphatides, plant cerebrosides, physiological uses of lipoids; references 129-145