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Figure 17: Peroxidation of membrane lipids (here: 1-palmitoyl-2-oleyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholin (POPC)) and generation of lipid ozonation products by inhaled ozone attacks the double-bound in the right fatty acid (red circle) and epoxides it to an ozonide (yellow circle) or hydrolyzes it to an aldehyde and a hydroxyhydroperoxide (right, green circle).