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CONSIDERABLE confusion exists in the naming of compounds of the class now most commonly referred to as ‘lipids’. It is indeed not yet agreed that the latter shall be the generic name, and the terms lipins, lipines, lipides and lipoids are in current use, together with derivative forms, galactolipins, etc., used to designate the complex members of the class. A profusion of empirical nomenclature has developed, particularly in the complex lipid field, often referring to compounds of dubious existence, and terms are frequently applied without distinction both to a single compound and to a crude ‘fraction’ containing this compound or possessing similar solubility properties. Several authors have directed attention to this state of affairs1,2, and have made proposals for rectifying some of the anomalies.
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FISHER, N. Lipid Nomenclature. Nature 173, 874 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173874a0
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