Abstract
THE appearance of the second edition of this monograph, after a lapse of fifteen years, will be welcomed by all those interested in the subject. The author of the first edition, Prof. J. B. Leathes, has collaborated with Prof. H. S. Raper in the re-editing and re-writing of the present volume. The first three chapters are devoted to the chemical and physical properties of the fats, with methods for their extraction and estimation. The remaining seven, a lengthy expansion of only a short section in the first edition, deal with their physiology and give an up-to-date and reasoned account of the parts played by them in both plant and animal tissues.. The stages in their digestion, synthesis, and utilisation are fully described as far as present knowledge permits; the transport of fat in the blood is considered in detail, and a reasoned criticism of Bloor's deductions from his experimental results put forward. The last chapter deals with the role played by fats, apart from their function as a source of energy, in the life of the cell; they form an integral part of the structure of protoplasm, and modern work already suggests possible ways in which their molecules may be arranged therein. The work is completed by a bibliography and index.
The Fats.
Prof.
J. B.
Leathes
Prof.
H. S.
Raper
By. (Monographs on Biochemistry.) Second edition. Pp. vii + 242. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.) 12s. 6d. net.
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The Fats . Nature 116, 536 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116536b0
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