Descriptor English: | Lipids |
Descriptor Spanish: | Lípidos |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Lipídeos |
Descriptor French: | Lipides |
Entry term(s): |
Lipid |
Tree number(s): |
D10 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008055 |
Scope note: | 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 |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects AG agonists AI antagonists & inhibitors AN analysis BI biosynthesis BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CH chemistry CL classification CS chemical synthesis DF deficiency EC economics GE genetics HI history IM immunology IP isolation & purification PD pharmacology PH physiology PK pharmacokinetics PO poisoning RE radiation effects SD supply & distribution ST standards TO toxicity TU therapeutic use UR urine |
Entry Combination: |
metabolism:Lipid Metabolism
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Public MeSH Note: | /blood was BLOOD LIPIDS 1963-67; /metabolism was LIPID METABOLISM 1963-65 |
History Note: | /blood was BLOOD LIPIDS 1963-67; /metabolism was LIPID METABOLISM 1963-65 |
Related: |
Fats
MeSH Hyperlipidemias MeSH Hypolipidemic Agents MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 8230 |
Unique ID: | D008055 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2020/05/27 |
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CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
Lipids [D10] +Lipids +
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Lipids
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Concept UI |
M0012553 |
Scope note | 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) |
Preferred term | Lipids |
Entry term(s) |
Lipid |
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