Reactome | Digestion of dietary lipid

Digestion of dietary lipid

Stable Identifier

R-HSA-192456

DOI

10.3180/REACT_9518.2

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Pathway

Species

Homo sapiens

Compartment

extracellular region

ReviewStatus

5/5

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Dietary lipids such as long-chain triacylglycerols and cholesterol esters are digested in the stomach and small intestine to yield long-chain fatty acids, monoacylglycerols, glycerol and cholesterol through the action of a variety of lipases, and are then absorbed into enterocytes.

Literature References

PubMed ID	Title	Journal	Year
11514232	Bile salt-dependent lipase: its pathophysiological implications Lombardo, D	Biochim Biophys Acta	2001
12454260	The triglyceride lipases of the pancreas Lowe, ME	J Lipid Res	2002