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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2009 Aug 4;28(6):483–498. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.07.002

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Structures of representative simple and complex lipids relevant to lipidomic analysis of meibum, tear film, and aqueous tears.

Hydrolyzable bonds are marked with dashed lines. Complex lipids are color-coded to show their continuous non-hydrolizable fragments.