O le lipids e masani ona faʻamatalaina o hydrophobic poʻo amphipathic biological molecules ae o le a faʻamavae i mea faʻapipiʻi e pei o le ava malosi, benzene poʻo le chloroform. O gaʻo o se vaega tele o vailaʻau e aofia ai gaʻo gaʻo ma glycerol; o se glycerol molecule faʻapipiʻi i tolu gaʻo acid esters e taʻua o le triacphylglyceride. E tele fesuiaiga i lenei fausaga o loʻo i ai, e aofia ai isi faʻasologa e pei o sphinx i le sphingolipid, ma vaega hydrophilic pei o phosphate i le phospholipids.
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