General features of lipids important for their analysis

3 GENERAL FEATURES OF LIPIDS IMPORTANT FOR THEIR ANALYSIS 

Most of the lipids cited as major components in different tissues contain esterified fatty acids. These are termed acyl lipids. This is important during analysis for several reasons  

the nature of the fatty acids determines much of the physical and biological properties of the lipid and, therefore, it is of importance to analyse their properties  

the type of fatty acid influences the stability of the sample  

because mixtures of fatty acids are found in any given lipid class, the latter contains a number of molecular species. 

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