CONTENTS / p1
Chapter 1. Introduction / p1
　1.1 Critical Importance of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Biophysical and Food Sciences / p1
　1.2 Cis-monounsaturated Fatty Acid / p3
　1.3 Polymorphism / p5
　1.4 Review of Previous Studies / p5
　1.5 Methodology and Physical Background / p9
　1.6 Polymorphism of Principal Cis-mono-unsaturated Fatty Acids -Present Study- / p25
　Reference / p27
Chapter 2. Polymorphism of Principal Unsaturated Fatty Acid / p29
　2.1 Oleic Acid / p29
　　Reference / p75
　2.2 Erucic Acid / p77
　　Reference / p110
　2.3 Petroselinic Acid / p111
　　Reference / p138
　2.4 Asclepic Acid / p140
　　Reference / p153
Chapter 3. Phase Behavior of Binary Mixture Systems / p154
　3.1 Introduction / p154
　3.2 Methods / p156
　3.3 Results / p157
　3.4 Discussion / p171
　Reference / p183
Chapter 4. Summary / p185
Acknowledgment / p190