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