title: Lipidomics: new tools and applications.
abstract: Once viewed simply as a reservoir for carbon storage, lipids are no longer cast as bystanders in the drama of biological systems. The emerging field of lipidomics is driven by technology, most notably mass spectrometry, but also by complementary approaches for the detection and characterization of lipids and their biosynthetic enzymes in living cells. The development of these integrated tools promises to greatly advance our understanding of the diverse biological roles of lipids.
authors.affiliation: National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore. markus_wenk@nuhs.edu.sg
authors.forename: Markus R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wenk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids