Liver has a central role in lipid metabolism. It provides the bile salts to facilitate fat digestion. It synthesises and secretes lipoproteins to deliver triglyceride and cholesterol to tissues and mops up the remnants after extrahepatic tissues have extracted what lipids they need.
Liver is involved in the synthesis, storage, degradation and excretion of lipids.
Click here for a PowerPoint presentation by Guy Whitley on 'Transport of Fat and Lipids' (this will open a new window).
Click here for liver and nitrogen metabolism.