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lipid
lipid One of a large group of fatty organic compounds in living organisms. They include animal fats, vegetable oils, and natural waxes. Lipids form an important food store and energy source in plant and animal cells.
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Lipids get new comprehensive classification system
Magazine article from: International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The goals of the LIPID MAPS initiative are to characterize known lipids and identify new ones...requirements." In the LIPID MAPS classification scheme, lipids are divided into eight...shorthand names for lipids." LIPID MAPS has also devised...
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Lipid Infusion Accelerates Removal of Bupivacaine and Recovery From Bupivacaine Toxicity in the Isolated Rat Heart
Magazine article from: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Background and Objectives: Infusion of a lipid emulsion has been advocated for treatment...bupivacaine cardiac toxicity. The mechanism of lipid rescue is unknown. These studies address the possibility that lipid infusion reduces cardiac bupivacaine content...
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Lipid-mediated interactions between intrinsic membrane proteins: Dependence on protein size and lipid composition
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...et al., 1999), and lipid-- mediated protein...interactions related to lipid-packing effects caused...between proteins and lipids (Sintes and Baumbartner...from those of saturated lipids. Specific differences include area per lipid molecule, hydrophobic...
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Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: A Novel Generation of Solid Lipid Drug Carriers
Magazine article from: Pharmaceutical Technology Europe; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...content of liquid lipids (oils). During...process, the liquid lipid particles (nanoemulsions...miscibility gap of the two lipids (solid lipid plus oil) occurs...oily parts of the lipid matrix. In type III, lipids are mixed in a way...
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Lipid-gramicidin interactions: Dynamic structure of the boundary lipid by 2D-ELDOR
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...whereas the boundary lipids show very high "y...end of the boundary lipid acyl chain, which can...dynamic structure of lipids in membranes, the lipid-protein interface...have shown that the lipids in protein-containing...
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Lipid bilayer composition influences small multidrug transporters.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Biochemistry; 11/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...membrane dominated by PE lipids, but the second major lipid constituent is anionic...by EmrE in defined lipid-bilayer vesicles...background. Dioleoyl PC lipids with C18 chains each...systematic study of lipid effects, we use synthetic lipids with defined chains...
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Lipid Class and Fatty Acid Composition of the Boreal Soft Coral Gersemia rubiformis
Magazine article from: Lipids; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT: Total lipid, phospholipid...FA between polar lipids (PL) and neutral...biochemists in lipids and FA of corals. Total lipid concentrations...Extraction of total lipids was conducted according...19). The total lipid content was determined...
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Lipid Nutrition acquires PharmaNutrients' CLA One business; Acquisition strengthens Lipid Nutrition's position in global CLA market.
M2 Presswire; 1/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...substitute for infant nutrition. Lipid Nutrition won several awards...2005 and in December 2005 Lipid Nutrition won the Frost &...nutraceuticals - nutritional lipids. The Award recognises the company...of novel, natural-origin lipid ingredients, particularly breakthrough...
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Lipid droplets: FSP27 knockout enhances their sizzle.(commentaries)(Fat-specific protein )
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...over 95% of their cell volume as a single lipid droplet (Figure 1). Triglyceride within this unilocular lipid droplet can, in reaction to other signals...Proteins are known to coat the surfaces of lipid droplets in adipocytes. However, until...
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Lipid Asymmetry in DLPC/DSPC-Supported Lipid Bilayers: A Combined AFM and Fluorescence Microscopy Study
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...transbilayer diffusion of lipids is usually very slow...maintenance of transmembrane lipid asymmetry. Nevertheless...factor for maintaining lipid asymmetry is the interaction between the lipids of the intracellular...necessity of cytoskeleton-lipid interactions for lipid...
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Lipids
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...Isoprene-Based Lipids The other class of lipid molecules, based...and estrogen . Lipid Organization "Like...minimal interaction of lipids with water. Although...not apt for all lipids (e.g., it does...formed. At low lipid concentrations a...
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Lipid Profile
Book article from: Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Lipid Profile Cardiovascular disease (CVD...of the arteries ). Abnormal blood lipids are risk factors for CVD. Element...HDL Ratio <4 5 >6 Blood Lipids and Lipid Transport Lipids are insoluble (does not dissolve...
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Lipid Bilayers
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Lipid Bilayers Lipid bilayers form the fundamental...cell. Bilayer-forming lipids are amphipathic molecules...typically termed the lipid head-group, is charged...of bilayer-forming lipid is the diacyl phosphatidylcholines...aqueous environment the lipids self-assemble into...
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Lipid Tests
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
Lipid tests Definition Lipid tests are routinely performed on plasma...part of blood without the blood cells. Lipids themselves are a group of organic compounds...although they can be dissolved in alcohol. Lipid tests include measurements of total cholesterol...
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lipids
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lipids a broad class of organic products found in living systems...products obtained from fossil material. Major classes of lipids include the fatty acids , the glycerol-derived lipids (including the fats and oils and the phospholipids...
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