MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
FATTY ALCOHOLS Aliphatic alcohols occur naturally in free form (component of the cuticular lipids) but more usually in esterified (wax esters) or […]
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS Although the dicarboxylic acids do not occur in appreciable amounts as components of animal or vegetal lipids, they are in general […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
Choline glycerophospholipids The main component of this group is the diacyl derivative: 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine or phosphatidylcholine or lecithin. R1 and R2 are identical or […]
WAXES AND OTHER ESTERS Waxes is a general term used to refer to the mixture of long-chain apolar lipids forming a protective coating […]
STEROLS Sterols may be found either as free sterols, acylated (sterol esters), alkylated (steryl alkyl ethers), sulfated (sterol sulfate), or linked to a […]
DIACYLGLYCEROLS These lipids (known also as diglycerides) are fatty acid diesters of glycerol and occur in two isomeric forms: R and R’ are […]
HALOGENATED FATTY ACIDS This page is intended as a comprehensive and rapid survey of fatty acids possessing carbonâhalogen covalent bonds, […]
FATTY ALCOHOLS Aliphatic alcohols occur naturally in free form (component of the cuticular lipids) but more usually in esterified (wax esters) or […]