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. 2020 Jun 17;10(6):254. doi: 10.3390/metabo10060254

Table 1.

Lipid Classes and Examples of General Structures.

Lipid Class Examples of General Structure
Fatty Acyl Lipids Fatty Acids (FA) graphic file with name metabolites-10-00254-i001.jpg
Glycerolipids Diacylglycerol (DG)
Triacylglycerol (TG)		 graphic file with name metabolites-10-00254-i002.jpg
Glycero-phospholipids Phosphatidylcholine (PC)
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)
Phosphatidylserine (PS)
Phosphatidylinositol (PI)
Phosphatidylglycerol (PG)
Cardiolipin (CL)		 graphic file with name metabolites-10-00254-i003.jpg
Sphingolipids Sphingosine
Sphingomyelin (SM)
Ceramide (CER)		 graphic file with name metabolites-10-00254-i004.jpg
Sterol Lipids Cholesterol
Cholesterol Ester (CE)		 graphic file with name metabolites-10-00254-i005.jpg

Table is limited to lipids discussed in the review. Structures are examples or general structures. R1, R2, R3, and R4 indicate unspecified fatty acid groups. X specifies phosphatidyl head group. Structures made with MarvinSketch Version 20.11 [31].