Figure 3.
Lipid distribution pie charts (A) and relative quantity of each lipid subclass (B) in healthy subjects, COPD of different TCM patterns. Relative quantities (peak area ratio vs corresponding subclass IS at the same concentration) of all identified lipid species were summed per lipid class for each individual sample. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs healthy subjects. CE, cholesterol ester; Cer, ceramide; DG, diacylglycerol; FA, fatty acid; Health, healthy subjects; HexCer, hexaglycosylceramide; LPC, lyso-phosphatidylcholine; LPC-O, lysophosphatidylcholine with alkyl substituents; LPE, lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PC-O, alkyl- and alkenyl-substituted phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PE-O, alkyl- and alkenyl-substituted phosphatidylethanolamine; PG, phosphatidylglycerol; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PS, phosphatidylserine; SM, sphingomyelin; TG, triacylglycerol.
