Energy tissue storage

Soybean tissue is composed of many cells containing oil, protein and metabolites, which supply energy, nitrogen storage reserves, and other important compounds, respectively, to support the germination of new plants. The triglycerides are stored in discrete bodies called oil bodies or spherozomes. The preponderance of the protein is storage protein, which is concentrated in other discrete bodies known as protein bodies. Most of the phospholipids are associated with membranes around the protein bod-... 

Cd has also been shown to induce cardiac damage in experimental settings by two possible mechanisms (i) disruption of tissue stmcture and integrity (ii) effects on cardiac conduction (reviewed in [5]). These effects were thought to be related to (i) decreased high-energy phosphate storage in the myocardium, (ii) reduced myocardial contractility, (iii) diminished excitability of the cardiac conduction system, and (iv) a reduction in coronary blood flow by Cd in isolated heart studies due to direct actions on the coronary vasculature [340]. 

Intravenous lipid emulsion particles are hydrolyzed in the bloodstream by the enzyme lipoprotein lipase to release free fatty acids and glycerol. Free fatty acids then are be taken up into adipose tissue for storage (triglycerides), oxidized to energy in various tissues (e.g., skeletal muscle), or recycled in the liver to make lipoproteins. 

The human body is designed to take in and process the amount of energy it needs to perform daily activities. If the body takes in more calories than it needs, it stores these calories as adipose tissue, or fat, for later use. In earlier times, this storage of calories by the body helped people survive through periods when little or no food was available (famine). During times of famine, the body burned its fat stores to obtain the energy it needed to perform normal activities. If people did not have these fat stores, they would starve during times when less food was available. 

The major types of adipose tissue are (1) white adipose tissue, which manufactures, stores, and releases lipid and (2) brown adipose tissue, which dissipates energy via uncoupled mitochondrial respiration. Obesity research includes evaluation of the activity of adrenergic receptors and their effect on adipose tissue with respect to energy storage and expenditure or thermogenesis. 

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