Fats
"Fats" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The glyceryl esters of a fatty acid, or of a mixture of fatty acids. They are generally odorless, colorless, and tasteless if pure, but they may be flavored according to origin. Fats are insoluble in water, soluble in most organic solvents. They occur in animal and vegetable tissue and are generally obtained by boiling or by extraction under pressure. They are important in the diet (DIETARY FATS) as a source of energy. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D005223
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fats".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fats".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fats" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fats" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fats" by people in Profiles.