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lipoid

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ID 687992 Last modified 27.01.2015
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Domain biochemistry
lipid preferred
lipin former
lipine former
lipoid former
  • rasva lahustavas aines lahustuv, vees mittelahustuv looduslik ühend, mille hulka kuuluvad neutraalrasvad (ehk tõelised rasvad), vabad rasvhapped, vahad, steroolid, steroidid, fosfolipiidid, glükolipiidid ja lipoproteiinid
  • any member of a large and diverse group of oils, fats, and fatlike substances that occur in living organisms and that characteristically are soluble in lipid solvents but only sparingly soluble in aqueous solvents
lipiid
lipid preferred
Usage examples
  • Lipids constitute one of the four major classes of compounds found in living tissues (the others being carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids) and they include: (1) fatty acids; (2) neutral fats (i.e. triacylglycerols), other fatty‐acid esters, and soaps; (3) long‐chain (or fatty) alcohols and waxes; (4) sphingoids and other long‐chain bases; (5) glycolipids, phospholipids, and sphingolipids; and (6) carotenes, polyprenols, sterols (and related compounds), terpenes, and other isoprenoids.
lipin former
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  • a former term for lipid
lipine former
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  • a former term for lipid
lipoid former
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  • a former term for lipid
lipide
Lipid
lipidi

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