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​Lipids are the primary energy sources in animals, and serve as the major reserve to meet the energy demand for reproduction, diapause, starvation, and prolonged periods of flight in insects. Insect Lipid Metabolism, First Edition supplies a comprehensive and fundamental background on insect lipid metabolism. The book is intended as a principal source for students and scientists in the biological sciences who need to possess from basic to a detailed knowledge on insect lipid metabolism. The book contains 21 chapters opening with an introductory chapter on insect lipids. The following chapters focus on the structure, function, and metabolism of lipids in organs such as midgut, fat body and cuticle, as well as the endocrine and transcriptional regulation of lipid metabolism. Aspects of lipid metabolism in relation to calcium homeostasis, carbohydrate metabolism, aging, sleep, starvation, diapause, reproduction, circadian rhythm, flight, infection, parasitism, vector-borne diseases, cold hardening and phytophagy together with “omics” approaches are also featured. Finally, the book covers the potential of lipid metabolism as a target for pest control, and the use of insects to study human lipid metabolism disorders.  

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Author:   Umut Toprak ,  Laura Musselman
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032048417

ISBN 10:   3032048419
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   13 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Insect Lipids: Structure, Classification and Function.- Chapter 2 The Fat Body, Structure and Functions.- Chapter 3 Dietary Lipids and their Metabolism in the Midgut.- Chapter 4 Lipophorin: The Lipid Shuttle.- Chapter 5 Insect Sterols and Steroids.- Chapter 6 Transcriptional control of lipid metabolism.- Chapter 7 Endocrine Control of Lipid Metabolism.- Chapter 8 Lipid Metabolism in relation to Calcium Homeostasis.- Chapter 9 Lipid Metabolism in relation to Carbohydrate Metabolism.- Chapter 10 Insect Lipidomics: Advances, Applications, and Physiological Insights.- Chapter 11 Lipid Metabolism in Diapause.- Chapter 12 Lipids in insect reproduction: where, how and why.- Chapter 13 Insect flight and lipid metabolism: beyond the classic knowledge.- Chapter 14 Circadian Control of Lipid Metabolism.- Chapter 15 Lipid metabolism in insect vectors of diseases.- Chapter 16 Insect Lipid Metabolism in the Presence of Symbiotic and Pathogenic Viruses and Bacteria.- Chapter 17 Lipid Metabolism in Parasitoids and Parasitized Hosts.- Chapter 18 Lipid Properties and Metabolism in Response to Cold.- Chapter 19 Fatty acid origin of insect pheromones.- Chapter 20 Lipid Metabolism as a Target Site in Pest Control.-Chapter 21 Insect Models to Study Human Lipid Metabolism Disorders.

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Dr. Toprak is Professor of Entomology at Ankara University. He has completed his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Biology, Canada in 2011. Dr. Toprak’s expertise is molecular insect physiology and biochemistry, in particular insect lipid metabolism, calcium homeostasis and defense against pathogens, and development of novel pest control strategies targeting the operation of insect physiological systems and biochemical pathways.    Dr. Musselman is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry at Binghamton University. She has 20 years of experience studying lipids and lipid metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. 

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