| Term: | blood plasma very-low-density lipoprotein |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | blood plasma |
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| Definition: | Portion of organism substance that is the liquid matrix of blood. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005654] |
| Name: | very-low-density lipoprotein |
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| Synonyms: | pre-beta-lipoproteins, very-low-density lipoproteins, VLDL |
| Definition: | A class of lipoproteins of large size (30-80 nm), very low density (0.93-1.006 g/ml) particles with a core composed mainly of triglycerides and a surface monolayer of phospholipids and cholesterol into which are imbedded the apolipoproteins B, E, and C. VLDL facilitate the transport of endogenously made triglycerides to extrahepatic tissues. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:39027] ( EBI ) |