Fatty acid metabolism
CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND PATHWAYS INVOLVING FATTY ACIDS, ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS LIBERATED FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING FATS AND OILS BY HYDROLYSIS
Fat catabolism; Fat anabolism; Lipid catabolism; Lipid anabolism; Lipoid metabolism; Fatty-acid metabolism; Fat reserve; Fat reserves
Fatty acid metabolism consists of various metabolic processes involving or closely related to fatty acids, a family of molecules classified within the lipid macronutrient category. These processes can mainly be divided into (1) catabolic processes that generate energy and (2) anabolic processes where they serve as building blocks for other compounds.