A bright red dye and the stain carmine used in microbiology is often made from the carmine extract. Cochineal insects are soft-bodied, flat, oval-shaped scale insects, native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico.he words Cochineal, Cochineal Extract, Carmine, Crimson Lake, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470, E120, and even some ânatural coloringsâ refer to a dye called âcarminic acidâ, which is primarily used as a food coloring and in cosmetics. Carminic acid is a substance found in high concentration in cochineal insects.
Hyperlipidemia is the presence of elevated or abnormal levels of lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood, and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.lood lipids (or blood fats) are lipids in the blood, either free or bound to other molecules.
Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are different from cholesterol, but because of their strong association with heart disease, triglycerides are measured as well. Often it is both the LDL and triglycerides that are elevated in hyperlipidemia.ore detail and supporting information is in the main article. 1  Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US. 2  Hyperlipidemia is also called high cholesterol, hypercholesterolemia, or hypertriglyceridemia. 3  LDL is bad.