Lipidomics - the science and study of how lipids affect and modify our health

摘要

LIPIDS represent a catch-all term for a large number of compounds, including oils, fats and phospholipids, which collectively share the unifying trait of being hydrophobic. In their various guises they are abundant throughout the human body, constituting one of the major molecular schemes of biological function and life. For example, in the human brain, fat comprises about 50 per cent of the total matter volume. Such fats are linked to neuronal functions, including the insulating qualities of myelin. As Hirabayashi' put it, there is "a world of sphingolipids and glycolipids in the brain".