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LIPID MAPS® Structure Database (LMSD)

Relational database of biologically-relevant lipids

Description

The LIPID MAPS® Structure Database (LMSD) is a relational database encompassing structures and annotations of biologically relevant lipids.

Tool Overview

Sections

Section 1 — Lipid Oriented Database
Number of lipid structures:
50,515
Last updated: 09 Jun 2026
Covered lipid categories:
FA;GL;GP;SP;ST;PR;SL;PK;
Ontology:
LIPID MAPS Classification
Level of curation:
Manual & Computational
Curated lipid structures:
28,481
Last updated: 09 Jun 2026
Computationally generated lipid structures:
22,034
Level of annotation:
Fully defined structure, Species level
Main identifier:
LM_ID
Other identifiers:
KEGG ID, HMDB ID,CHEBI ID,LIPIDBANK ID,PubChem CID,SwissLipids ID,Cayman ID,PDB ID,GuidePharm ID
Structure representations:
2D Image, InChI, SMILES
Spectra library:
MassBank link
Searchable by:
Structure, formula, name, ChEBI ID,InChIKey, Pubchem_CID, sum composition,
Physiochemical properties:
Heavy Atoms, Rings, Aromatic Rings, Rotatable Bonds ,Van der Waals Molecular Volume, Topological Polar Surface Area, Hydrogen Bond Donors, Hydrogen Bond Acceptors, logP, Molar Refractivity
Access:
Web search, Browse by class, API, Programmatic access, Full DB download
Export format:
SDF, RDF, TSV, CSV,