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)

Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; differentiate from FATS; /blood: consider also HYPERLIPIDEMIAS & specifics; dyslipidemia, especially in foreign literature, is probably HYPERLIPIDEMIAS or its specifics; DIETARY FATS is also available

DUI

D008055 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0012553

History note

/blood was BLOOD LIPIDS 1963-67; /metabolism was LIPID METABOLISM 1963-65

Public note

/blood was BLOOD LIPIDS 1963-67; /metabolism was LIPID METABOLISM 1963-65