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Lipids form a group of organic compounds which is widely distributed in living systems. The term lipid cannot be defined concisely, but it refers to a large number of compounds which have similar solubility properties (for more details on type of membrane lipids, the reader is referred to Chap. I, this Vol.).
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Koul, A., Prasad, R. (1996). Extraction of Membrane Lipids. In: Prasad, R. (eds) Manual on Membrane Lipids. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79837-5_3
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