Title: lipidome
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - lipidome
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09845
Status: current

Definition
Complete set of lipid species and their metabolites present within a particular cell type, tissue, or body fluid.

Note
It is estimated that lipidome of a eukaryotic cell may contain over \(\pu{100000}\) individual molecular species of various lipids.

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1178 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)

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Citation: Citation: 'lipidome' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09845
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