---
id: "lipidmaps_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["chemistry", "science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/lipidmaps_id"
---

# LIPID MAPS ID (LM ID) (`lipidmaps_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of a lipid in the LIPID MAPS Structure Database. It is LM, a two-letter code of one of the eight LIPID MAPS lipid categories, such as FA or PR, four digits for its place in the classification and, for an individual lipid, four to six more letters or digits.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Chemistry (chemistry), Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^LM(FA|GL|GP|SP|ST|PR|SL|PK)[0-9]{4}([0-9a-zA-Z]{4,6})?$
```

## Examples

- `LMFA01010001` — Palmitic acid
- `LMPR0102010012` — (-)-Citronellol; Bioregistry example
- `LMXX01010001` (invalid example) — XX is not a lipid category

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `lipidmaps`
- wikidata: `P2063`

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.lipidmaps.org/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/lipidmaps>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2063>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/lipidmaps_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/chemistry/lipidmaps_id.yaml>