Lipid pigments and aging.
It is a short survey of lipid pigment formation in which the role of free radicals in the peroxidation of lipids is particularly stressed. The chemical structure of lipopigments and the role of the chemical moiety in histochemical reactions is shortly overviewed. A new aspect of age in the formation of lipopigments is brought to light. Finally the role of hypoxaemia and no-reflow phenomenon influencing the pigment formation is discussed.
Wolman
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Department of Pathology, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*
D010860:Pigments, Biological