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Brown adipocytes

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000932

Fat cells with dark coloration due to the densely packed mitochondria. They contain numerous small lipid droplets or vacuoles. Their stored lipids can be converted directly to energy as heat by the mitochondria.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000932
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsbrown fat cells
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2017; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoAdipocytes; Brown adipose tissue
TranslationsSpanish: adipocitos marrones
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000932",
  "term": "Brown adipocytes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Fat cells with dark coloration due to the densely packed mitochondria. They contain numerous small lipid droplets or vacuoles. Their stored lipids can be converted directly to energy as heat by the mitochondria.",
  "synonyms": [
    "brown fat cells"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "adipocytes",
    "brown adipose tissue"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "adipocitos marrones"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/brown-adipocytes/"
}

Record 922 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.