[v.1] The early years -- Biological activities -- Preparation of unlabeled and isotope-labeled conjugated linoleic and related fatty acid isomers -- Commercial production -- Oxidation -- Methylation procedures -- Separation of conjugated fatty acid isomers -- Gas chromatography/(Electron impact) mass spectrometry analysis of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) using different derivatization techniques -- Identification of CLA isomers in food and biological extracts by mass spectrometry -- Confirmation of conjugated linoleic acid geometric isomers by capillary gas chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy -- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis -- Identification and quantification of conjugated linoleic acid isomers in fatty acid mixtures by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy -- Biosynthesis of conjugated linoleic acid and its incorporation into meat and milk in ruminants -- Endogenous synthesis of rumenic acid -- Effect of ionophores -- Species-dependent, sesonal, and dietary variation -- Dietary control of immune-induced cachexia -- Incorporation of conjugated fatty acid into biological matrices -- Bone metabolism -- Risk of breast cancer -- CLA in lipids of fish tissues -- CLA in human milk -- Lipid metabolism in relation to its anticarcinogenic activity -- Conjugated linoleic acid metabolites in rats -- Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism and immune function -- Regulation of stearoyl-CoA desaturase by conjugated linoleic acid -- Altering body composition -- Feeding CLA to pigs: effects on feed conversion, carcass composition, meat quality, and palatability -- Dietary sources and intakes of conjugated linoleic acid intake in humans -- Formation, contents, and estimation of daily intake of conjugated linoleic acid isomers and trans-fatty acids in foods -- Experimental atherosclerosis in rabbits -- Modulation of diabetes by CLA -- Conjugated linoleic acid as a nutraceutical: 15 years of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid research -- Cancer inhibition in animals -- Intake of dairy products and breast cancer risk -- v. 2.