- A
triglyceride (from tri- and glyceride; also TG, triacylglycerol, TAG, or triacylglyceride) is an
ester derived from
glycerol and
three fatty acids. Triglycerides...
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Hypertriglyceridemia is the
presence of high
amounts of
triglycerides in the blood.
Triglycerides are the most
abundant fatty molecule in most organisms...
- A medium-chain
triglyceride (MCT) is a
triglyceride with two or
three fatty acids having an
aliphatic tail of 6–12
carbon atoms, i.e. a medium-chain fatty...
- in
living beings or in food. The term
often refers specifically to
triglycerides (triple
esters of glycerol), that are the main
components of vegetable...
- (also
triglyceride lipase, EC 3.1.1.3;systematic name
triacylglycerol acylhydrolase)
catalyses the
hydrolysis of
ester linkages of
triglycerides: triacylglycerol...
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majority of
lipids found in the
human body from
ingesting food are
triglycerides and cholesterol.
Other types of
lipids found in the body are
fatty acids...
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which acetyl-CoA is
converted to
triglyceride for
storage in fat.
Lipogenesis encomp****es both
fatty acid and
triglyceride synthesis, with the
latter being...
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Hyperlipidemia is
abnormally high
levels of any or all
lipids (e.g. fats,
triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or
lipoproteins in the blood. The term...
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Adipose triglyceride lipase, also
known as patatin-like
phospholipase domain-containing
protein 2 and ATGL, is an
enzyme that in
humans is
encoded by the...
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Abetalipoproteinemia (also
known as: B****en–Kornzweig syndrome,
microsomal triglyceride transfer protein deficiency disease, MTP deficiency, and betalipoprotein...
