The focus of the present study was to define the human plasma lipidome and to establish
novel analytical methodologies to quantify the large spectrum of plasma lipids. Partial lipid
analysis is now a regular part of every patient's blood test and physicians readily and
regularly prescribe drugs that alter the levels of major plasma lipids such as cholesterol and
triglycerides. Plasma contains many thousands of distinct lipid molecular species that fall
into six main categories including fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids …