New Development of Functionality in Phospholipid and Glycolipid

Abstract

Lecithin, a mixture mainly composed of phospholipids, is a complex lipid which has long been used in the food processing industry, medicine, cosmetics, and so on. Industrial production of rare phospholipids and glycolipids having expected novel functions and well-known representative phospholipids has been recently established by various methods such as separation, concentration, and modification. It is being put to practical use as functional material. The expected functionality of phospholipid and glycolipid and their preparation methods are described in this article.