Lipidomics of human Meibomian gland secretions: Chemistry, biophysics, and physiological role of Meibomian lipids

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-301

  Butovich, Igor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioanalytical chemistry; Human meibum; Lipids; Moss spectrometry; Tear film; Tear film layer

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LIPID; MEIBOMIAN LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LANGMUIR TROUGH; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; LIPIDOMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBONIAN GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LIPIDS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS; WAXES;

BRYOPHYTA; MEIBOMIA;

EID: 79957546505     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: 18732194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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