What are lipid bodies? One of the problems in answering this apparently simple question is
that these macromolecular proteolipid assemblies can be relatively heterogeneous with
respect to both size and composition and have been referred to by a plethora of different
names in the literature. Examples include lipid bodies, lipid droplets, lipid particles, lipid–
protein particles, lipid globules, lipid inclusions, lipid vacuoles, lipoproteins, oil bodies,
spherosomes, elaiospheres and oleosomes. In general, there seems to be no particular …