Lipid Metabolism Compartmental Diagram

Compartment-specific lipid pools with labeled flux arrows and simplified molecular icons.

Prompt

Create a compartmental diagram of lipid metabolism with labeled flux arrows.

Layout:
- Divide the figure into compartments: intestine, bloodstream, liver, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and mitochondrion.
- Show lipid pools: dietary triglycerides, chylomicrons, free fatty acids, VLDL, LDL, HDL, lipid droplets, acetyl-CoA, and bile acids.
- Use arrows for absorption, transport, storage, lipolysis, beta-oxidation, lipogenesis, and cholesterol efflux.
- Add small molecular icons for triglyceride, fatty acid, cholesterol, and phospholipid.
- Include a legend for flux direction and molecule class.

Style:
- Biomedical systems diagram on white background.
- Use distinct but restrained compartment colors, navy labels, teal transport arrows, amber storage arrows, coral oxidation arrows.
- Keep molecule labels readable and avoid overcrowding.
- Suitable for metabolism papers, review figures, and educational slides.

Use in Generator

When to use

For lipid biology, metabolic engineering and nutritional-biochemistry figures.

Variations

With drug-target overlay

Mark drug-target sites with small star icons and labels: statins (HMG-CoA reductase in liver), PCSK9 inhibitors (plasma -> liver LDLR axis), and fibrates (PPAR-alpha in liver).

Tips

Color compartments distinctly. Lipid biology readers track compartments visually first.
Label every flux with the responsible enzyme or transporter. Unlabeled arrows are not informative.
Use a legend for lipid molecule abbreviations (TG, CE, PL, FFA). They are domain-specific.

FAQ

How do I show pathological states?

Recolor the LDL particle pool red and bold the LDLR-deficient pathway to emphasise familial hypercholesterolaemia.