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Lipid Metabolism

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Avian Physiology

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Abstract

Triglycerides, also called “neutral fats,” are a source as well as a reserve of energy for all higher animals. Chemically, they are fatty acid esters of glycerol. Phospholipids are complex lipids found in all plant and animal tissues; they are especially abundant in nervous tissue and may constitute as much as 30% of the dry matter of the brain. On hydrolysis, some phospholipids yield glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, and a base such as choline (in phosphatidyl choline or “lecithin”) or ethano-lamine (in phosphatidyl ethanolamine), or the amino acid serine (in phosphatidyl serine); the latter two groups of phospholipids were originally classified as “cephalins.” Other phospholipids yield glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, and the cyclic polyalcohol inositol (phosphatidyl inositol). Sphingomyelins, another important group, consist of the base sphingosine, a fatty acid, phosphoric acid, and choline.

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Griminger, P. (1976). Lipid Metabolism. In: Sturkie, P.D. (eds) Avian Physiology. Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96274-5_13

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