As per guidelines issued by Indian Council of Medical Research, lipids or fatty acids perform several important physiological and metabolic functions in the body. Lipids constitute major components of many hormones and cell membranes along with proteins and are involved in many important cell-signalling functions and gene expression. There are three types of fatty acids, namely SFA, MUFA and PUFA.
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22 May