Lipids are important both as components of human nutrition and in applications such as the chemical‎,‎ cosmetics‎,‎ and food industries‎.‎ Biotechnology‎,‎ genetic engineering‎,‎ enzyme technologies‎,‎ and new processes are all being utilized in lipids research to develop new and modified types of oil for different applications‎.‎ This practical volume reviews the methods of improving oil characteristics from existing sources‎,‎ and the technology and economics of developing under‎-utilized sources‎.‎ For lipid chemists‎,‎ chemical engineers‎,‎ food technologists‎,‎ cosmetologists‎,‎ and nutritionists‎.‎ Annotation copyright Book News‎,‎ Inc‎.‎ Portland‎,‎ Or‎.‎