SULFOSPHINGOLIPIDS They contain a hydrophobic ceramide moiety and a hydrophilic moiety which consists of mono- or oligosaccharide unit bound to the C-1 […]
HYDROXY ACIDS The hydroxyl group(s) may occur at various positions in the carbon chain which can be saturated or monoenoic. Some polyhydroxy fatty […]
MAIN WORLD SOURCES OF OILS Around the world, it must be noticed that about 140 million tons of vegetal oils were produced in […]
MONOACYLGLYCEROLS These lipids (known also as monoglycerides) are fatty acid monoesters of glycerol and thus, due to the orientation of that molecule, two […]
AMINO COMPOUND-CONTAINING LIPIDS Amino acid-containing lipids Acyl carnitines Dopamine-containing lipids 5-HT containing lipids Aminoalcohol-containing lipids Urea-containing lipids A – AMINO ACID-CONTAINING […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
GLYCOLIPIDS BASED ON GLYCEROL These lipids consist of a mono- or oligosaccharide moiety linked glycosidically to the hydroxyl group of glycerol which may […]
GANGLIOSIDES Gangliosides are the group of glycosphingolipids that show the greatest structural variation and also the more complex structure. Except some echinoderms, […]
DITERPENES They have 20 carbon atoms and are derived from geranylgeraniol pyrophosphate. They are of fungal or plant origin and are found […]
HYDROCARBONS These compounds form the simplest form of lipids, they contain only carbon and hydrogen. They may be divided into aliphatic hydrocarbons with […]