Table 1 Lipid categories, their classes and the structure of representative of each lipid category
From: Lipidomics unveils the complexity of the lipidome in metabolic diseases
Category | Class |
|---|---|
Fatty acyls [FA]
| Fatty acids and conjugates Octadecnoids Eicosanoids Docosanoids Fatty alcohols Fatty aldehydes Fatty esters Fatty amides Fatty nitriles Fatty ethers Hydrocarbons Oxygenated hydrocarbons Fatty acyl glycosides Other fatty acyls |
Glycerolipids [GL]
| Monoradylglycerols Diradylglycerols Triradylglycerols Glycosylmonoradylglycerols Glycosyldiradylglycerols Other glycolipids |
Glycerophospholipids [GP]
| Glycerophosphocholines Glycerophosphoethanolamines Glycerophosphoserines Glycerophosphoglycerols Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates Glycerophosphoinositols Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates Glycerophosphates Glyceropyrophosphates Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols CDP-glycerols Glycosylglycerophospholipids Glycerophosphoinositolglycans Glycerophosphonocholines Glycerophosphonoethanolamines Di-glycerol tetraether phospholipids (caldarchaeols) Glycerol-nonitol tetraether phospholipids Oxidized glycerophospholipids Other glycerophospholipids |
Sphingolipids [SP]
| Sphingoid bases Ceramides Phosphosphingolipids Phosphonosphingolipids Neutral glycosphingolipids Acidic glycosphingolipids Basic glycosphingolipids Amphoteric glycosphingolipids Arsenosphingolipids Other sphingolipids |
Sterol Lipids [ST]
| Sterols Steroids Secosteroids Bile acids and derivatives Steroid conjugates Other sterol lipids |
Prenol Lipids [PR]
| Isoprenoids Quinones and hydroquinones Polyprenols Hopanoids Other prenol lipids |
Saccharolipids [SL]
| Acylaminosugars Acylaminosugar glycans Acyltrehaloses Acyltrehalose glycans Other acyl sugars Other saccharolipids |
Polyketides [PK]
| Linear polyketides Halogenated acetogenins Annonaceae acetogenins Macrolides and lactone polyketides Ansamycins and related polyketides Polyenes Linear tetracyclines Angucyclines Polyether antibiotics Aflatoxins and related substances Cytochalasins Flavonoids Aromatic polyketides Non-ribosomal peptide/polyketide hybrids Phenolic lipids Other polyketides |
