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. 2020 Aug 31;10(9):355. doi: 10.3390/metabo10090355

Table 2.

Identified lipid classes and numbers of individual lipids.

Category Class (Abbreviation) Class Number of Lipids
Phosphoglycerolipid LPC Lysophosphatidylcholine 12
Phosphoglycerolipid LPCe Ether-type lysophosphatidylcholine 2
Phosphoglycerolipid LPE Lysophosphatidylethanolamine 5
Phosphoglycerolipid LPEe Ether-type lysophosphatidylethanolamine 1
Phosphoglycerolipid LPI Lysophosphaidylinositol 2
Phosphoglycerolipid PC Phosphatidylcholine 56
Phosphoglycerolipid PC+O Oxidized phosphatidylcholine 2
Phosphoglycerolipid ether-linked PC Ether-type phosphatidylcholine 40
Phosphoglycerolipid PE Phosphatidylethanolamine 15
Phosphoglycerolipid ether-linked PE Ether-type phosphatidylethanolamine 29
Phosphoglycerolipid PI Phosphatidylinositol 18
Phosphoglycerolipid PS Phosphatidylserine 2
Sphingolipid Cer Ceramide 14
Sphingolipid CerG1 Monoglycosylceramide 6
Sphingolipid CerG1+O Oxidized monoglycosylceramide 3
Sphingolipid CerG2 Diglycosylceramide 4
Sphingolipid CerG3 Triglycosylceramide 4
Sphingolipid Gb4 Ganglioside Gb4 1
Sphingolipid GM3 Ganglioside GM3 7
Sphingolipid GM3+O Oxidized ganglioside GM3 1
Sphingolipid SM Sphingomyelin 37
Sphingolipid SM+O Oxidized sphingomyelin 2
Sphingolipid Su1G1 Sulfatide 1
Neutral lipid ChE Cholesterolester 19
Neutral lipid DG Diacylglycerol 22
Neutral lipid TG Triacylglycerol 138
Other lipid Car Acylcarnitine 6
Other lipid CoQ CoenzymeQ 1
Other lipid FA Fatty acid 5
Other lipid FAA Fatty amide 5
Other lipid Other Other 3