Lipid

Introduction: Lipid

Description of Lipid

Lipid: any of a class of hydrophobic biochemicals including fats, long- chain fatty acids, steroids, oils, and waxes.
Source: CRISP

Lipid: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007

Lipid: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Lipid:

• Lipid symptoms (40 causes)
• Lipid disorder
• Class
• Hydrophobic
• Fats
• Long
• Chain
• Fatty
• Oils

Terms associated with Lipid:

Related Topics

• Antilipemic Agents
• Fats
• Hyperlipidemias

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Lipid:

• Ceroid
• Fats
• Fatty Acids
• Fatty Alcohols
• Glycerides
• Glycolipids
• Lipid Peroxides
• Lipofuscin
• Lipopolysaccharides
• Lipoproteins
• Membrane Lipids
• Oils
• Phospholipids
• Sphingolipids
• Sterols
• Waxes

Source - MeSH 2007

• blood lipid
• fat
• fatty acid
• glyceride
• glycolipid
• lipofuscin
• membrane lipid
• oil
• oxidized lipid
• phospholipid
• sphingolipid
• sterol
• sterol ester
• terpene

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Lipid

• hydrocarbon

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Lipid:

• steroid

Source: CRISP

The description of Lipid may also be used for the following terms:

• wax

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Lipid

The following list attempts to classify Lipid into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Lipids

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