Lipids are a group of organic compounds characterized by their presence in plants and animals, and their insolubility in water. They are extracted from cells using solvents such as ether or benzene that are non-polar. They are composed of mainly...

The lipids are one of four major families of biochemical compounds, the other three being carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. Biochemical compounds are organic (carbon-containing) compounds that occur in living organisms. The lipids are unique...

Lipids belong to a broad class of animal- and plant-derived compounds which include fats and oils. They are insoluble in water because they are composed primarily of long chains of hydrocarbons. Some lipids, such as fats, are solid or semisolid at room...

A lipid is a molecule that is at least partially composed of a chain of hydrocarbons--carbons in association with hydrogen molecules. Hydrocarbon chains tend to exclude water, because there are no vacant sites along the chain for the water to bind to,...

Lipids are broadly defined as any fat-soluble (lipophilic), naturally-occurring molecules, such as fats, oils, waxes, cholesterol, steroids, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and...

Is having Carol Vorderman telling you that Benecol can reduce plasma lipids in TV advertisements enough to make you choose a different margarine at the supermarket? Bandolier thought not, so chose to examine a paper from a rival company that investigated the topic...

Lifestream Technologies puts cholesterol-screening device in patients' hands With everything from computers to cell phones being placed in consumers' palms these days, it was just a matter of time until a hand-held cholesterolscreening device made its debut. The Lifestream Cholesterol Monitor is such...

More than half of Malaysian adults are overweight because they eat too much and exercise too little, a news report said Friday, citing a national survey. Ethnic Indians, a minority among Malaysia's 26 million people, are the fattest of all,...

Medical device and drug maker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday its second-quarter profit climbed more than 61 percent thanks largely to strong sales of its migraine and Crohn's disease treatments.Earnings rose to $988.7 million, or 63 cents per share, from $612.2 million, or 40 cents per...