Richard J. Hamilton, Consultant in Oils and Fats Chemistry, Liverpool / Secretary of the Oils and Fats Group, Society of Chemical Industry, London, UK.John Cast is the editor of Spectral Properties of Lipids, is published by Wiley.

"Fills [an] information gap, as it now combines all aspects of lipid structural analysis by various techniques in one single volume" - Lipid Technology Newsletter

• Introduction.Atomic spectroscopy for heavy metal determination in edible oils and fats.Lipid chemiluminescence.NMR in conjunction with GC-MS and UV methods: a case study in marine lipids.Pulse-NMR in the food science laboratory.Mass spectrometric techniques in the analysis of triacylglycerols.Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry of lipids.Infrared spectroscopy of lipids: principles and applications.Electron spin resonance studies of lipids.UV / visible light spectroscopy of lipids.X-ray diffraction of lipids.Use of colorimetry.References.Index.