Lipids Serve as Cellular Energy Storage Depots

2 Lipids Serve as Cellular Energy Storage Depots 

The information about FA biosynthesis and/or uptake obtained from determining the location of double bonds can be clearly exemplified with the case of 18 1 FA. There are three major isomers of 18 1 FA in the majority of the biological samples, i.e., n-7, n-9, and n-12 18 1 FA isomers with minimal amount of others, particularly with a double bond in an even-numbered position [9]. The 18 1 (n-9) FA isomer (commonly called oleic acid ) is by far the most abundant monoenoic FA in both plant and animal tissues. This isomer also serves the biosynthetic precursor of a family of fatty 

The profile of TAG species in both plant and mammal tissues is usually very complicated, particularly in the latter. Thus, these profiles might not directly provide deep 

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