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The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce
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Lipogenesis — is the process by which simple sugars such as glucose are converted to fatty acids, which are subsequently esterified with glycerol to form the triacylglycerols that are packaged in VLDL and secreted from the liver.Lipogenesis encompasses the… … Wikipedia
lipogénesis — Producción y acumulación de grasa. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
Lipogénesis — La lipogénesis es la reacción bioquímica por la cual son sintetizados los ácidos grasos y esterificados o unidos con el glicerol para formar triglicéridos o grasas de reserva. La síntesis de ácidos grasos de cadenas largas o lipogénesis se… … Wikipedia Español
lipogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1882 the formation of fat; specifically the formation of fatty acids from acetyl coenzyme A in the living body and especially in adipose tissue and the liver … New Collegiate Dictionary
lipogenesis — The production of fat, either fatty degeneration or fatty infiltration; also applied to the normal deposition of fat or to the conversion of carbohydrate or protein to fat. SYN: adipogenesis. [lipo + G. genesis, production] * * * li·po·gen·e·sis… … Medical dictionary
lipogenesis — n. formation of fat, creation of fat … English contemporary dictionary
lipogenesis — [ˌlɪpə(ʊ) dʒɛnɪsɪs, ˌlʌɪ ] noun Physiology the metabolic formation of fat. Derivatives lipogenic adjective … English new terms dictionary
lipogenesis — li·po·genesis … English syllables
lipogenesis — n. the process by which glucose and other substances, derived from carbohydrate in the diet, are converted to fatty acids in the body … The new mediacal dictionary
lipogenesis — /lɪpoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ (say lipoh jenuhsuhs) noun the process of fatty acid synthesis …
