The determination of the lipid content in liver offers the potential to investigate metabolic alterations in different research contexts. Here, we describe a method to determine cholesterol, triglycerides, and phospholipids in liver samples based on total lipid isolation by a 2:1 chloroform-methanol mixture (Folch extraction) and specific enzymatic colorimetric microassays in plate.
Keywords: Cholesterol; Enzymatic assay; Liver; Phospholipids; Triglycerides.