| Term: | liver cholesteryl ester |
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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: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | cholesteryl ester |
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| Synonyms: | a cholesterol ester, Cholesterol ester, cholesterol esters, cholesteryl esters |
| Definition: | A sterol ester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of any carboxylic acid with the 3-hydroxy group of cholesterol. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:17002] ( EBI ) |