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Lipid/1/en
Substance of biological origin that is soluble in nonpolar solvents
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Substance of biological origin that is soluble in nonpolar solvents
File:Common lipids lmaps.png
Structures of some common lipids. At the top are
cholesterol
and
oleic acid
. The middle structure is a
triglyceride
composed of
oleoyl
,
stearoyl
, and
palmitoyl
chains attached to a
glycerol
backbone. At the bottom is the common
phospholipid
phosphatidylcholine
.