title: Extraction of yeast lipids.
abstract: Quantitative extraction of lipids from the tissue or microorganism of choice is key to their subsequent analysis. In this chapter, we describe a simple and rapid protocol that relies on glass bead disruption in the presence of organic solvents to quantitatively extract lipids from yeast cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schneiter
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daum
mesh_terms: D008055:Lipids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D012997:Solvents