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Definition of Lipogenesis
1. Noun. (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lipogenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Medical Definition of Lipogenesis
1. The production of fat, either fatty degeneration or fatty infiltration; also applied to the normal deposition of fat or to the conversion of carbohydrate or protein to fat. Synonym: adipogenesis. Origin: Lipo-+ G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipogenesis
Literary usage of Lipogenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1900)
"The process of lipogenesis is by no means as simple as usually taught in the
college and text-book. When the phrase " fatty degeneration " is used, ..."
2. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1902)
"The storing and translocation of fats may be called " lipogenesis," the process
... Both phases of lipogenesis may be brought about by the enzyme lipase, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... conversion of glucose carbon into lipids was measured, that is, cyclic AMP
stimulated, whereas dibutyryl cyclic AMP inhibited, lipogenesis from glucose. ..."
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