Managing the metabolism of the lipid by-products of these biosynthetic pathways is important to prevent the accumulation of membrane-disruptive lipids and to conserve the energy that is invested ...

Following digestion and absorption of dietary fat, TG and cholesterol are packaged to form chylomicrons in the epithelial cells of the intestines. Chylomicrons circulate through the intestinal ...

Metabolism—the breakdown of biomolecules such as lipids and sugars into their component parts—slows down as we age, which ...