Lipid metabolism
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Lipid metabolism refers to the processes that involve the intercourse and degradation of lipids.
The types of lipids involved include:
- Bile salts
- Cholesterols
- Eicosanoids
- Glycolipids
- Ketone bodies
- Fatty acids - see also fatty acid metabolism
- Phospholipids
- Sphingolipids
- Steroid - see also steroidogenesis
- Triacylglycerols (fats) - see also lipolysis and lipogenesis
[edit] External links
- MeSH Lipid+metabolism
- Ophardt, Charles E. (2003) Lipid Catabolism Summary. Virtual Chembook. Elmhurst College.
- King, Michael W. Fatty Acid, Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid, Triglyceride, and Phospholipid Synthesis and Metabolism. The Medical Biochemistry Page.
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