Sebo
Le sebo (in latino: sebum) es un substantia lubricante del pelle e del pilos, que es secretate per le glandas sebacee (en) del mammiferos.
In le humanes, es principalmente composate de triglyceridos (≈41%), esters cerose (en) (≈26%), squalen (en) (≈12%) e acidos grasse libere (≈16%).[1][2]
Referentias
[modificar fonte]- ↑ Thody A. J., Shuster S. (1989). "Control and Function of Sebaceous Glands". Physiological Reviews 69 (2): 383–416. doi:. PMID 2648418.
- ↑ Cheng JB, Russell DW (September 2004). "Mammalian Wax Biosynthesis II: Expression cloning of wax synthase cDNAs encoding a member of the acyltransferase enzyme family". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (36): 37798–807. doi:. PMID 15220349. PMC:2743083. Archived 2006-07-06 at the Wayback Machine