Lipid metabolism

Lipid metabolism

Lipid metabolism refers to the processes that involve the creation 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

External links

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* http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/622overview.html
* http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/lipid-synthesis.html


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