Lipids. Lipids and Antilipemic Agents . A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) . 1.00
Phospholipid Ethers. 1-Alkyl-2-Acylphosphatidates . 1 Alkyl 2 Acylphosphatidates . Ethers, Glycerol Phosphate . Ethers, Glycerophosphate . Ethers, Phospholipid . Phosphate Ethers, Glycerol . Phosphatidates, Ether . Phospholipids, Ether . Ether Phosphatidates . Ether Phospholipids . Glycerophosphate Ethers . Glycerol Phosphate Ethers . Phospholipids which have an alcohol moiety in ethereal linkage with a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic alcohol. They are usually derivatives of phosphoglycerols or phosphatidates. The other two alcohol groups of the glycerol backbone are usually in ester linkage. These compounds are widely distributed in animal tissues. . 0.36
Phospholipids. Phosphatides . Lipids containing one or more phosphate groups, particularly those derived from either glycerol (phosphoglycerides see GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS) or sphingosine (SPHINGOLIPIDS). They are polar lipids that are of great importance for the structure and function of cell membranes and are the most abundant of membrane lipids, although not stored in large amounts in the system. . 0.36
Lipolysis. Lipolyses . The metabolic process of breaking down LIPIDS to release FREE FATTY ACIDS, the major oxidative fuel for the body. Lipolysis may involve dietary lipids in the DIGESTIVE TRACT, circulating lipids in the BLOOD, and stored lipids in the ADIPOSE TISSUE or the LIVER. A number of enzymes are involved in such lipid hydrolysis, such as LIPASE and LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE from various tissues. . 0.35
Fatty Acids. Aliphatic Acids . Acids, Aliphatic . Acids, Esterified Fatty . Acids, Fatty . Acids, Saturated Fatty . Esterified Fatty Acids . Saturated Fatty Acids . Fatty Acids, Esterified . Fatty Acids, Saturated . Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) . 0.35
Glycolipids. Any compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol (see GLYCERIDES), a sphingoid, a ceramide (CERAMIDES) (N-acylsphingoid) or a prenyl phosphate. (From IUPAC's webpage) . 0.35
