DAVE MONTGOMERY, MD: Triglycerides are the fats that swim around in our body. We use those fats in normal amounts for fuel, for energy. We also use them to make hormones and to build cells.

Triacylglycerols, also known as triglycerides, are composed of a glycerol linked ... By contrast, animals genetically modified to boost levels of the glycerol-busting enzyme ADH-1 had low glycerol ...

SINCE 1959, when Albrink and Man 1 suggested that elevated serum triglyceride levels might be related to the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease, several investigators 2–6 have measured the ...

This agar is used to identify organisms that are capable of producing the enzyme lipase. This enzyme is secreted and hydrolyzes triglycerides to glycerol and three long chain fatty acids. These ...