Glycosides of fatty acids with a O-glycosyl link – Rhamnolipids These lipids are also well known as biosurfactants produced externally […]
POLYENOIC FATTY ACIDS These fatty acids (also called polyunsaturated fatty acids, PUFA) have 2 or more cis double bonds which are the […]
Glycosides of fatty acids with ester links These glycolipids are found in bacteria, yeasts and fungi but also in […]
PHENOLIC LIPIDS There are essentially two types of phenolic lipid, those in which the side-chain is isoprenoid, as in a-tocopherol, and […]
MAIN WORLD SOURCES OF OILS Around the world, it must be noticed that about 140 million tons of vegetal oils were produced in […]
FATTY ALCOHOLS Aliphatic alcohols occur naturally in free form (component of the cuticular lipids) but more usually in esterified (wax esters) 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 […]
AMINO ALCOHOLS This family of simple lipids is mainly found as homologues of the most spread base sphingosine, a C18-aminodiol. Sphingosine was discovered […]
AMINO ALCOHOLS This family of simple lipids is mainly found as homologues of the most spread base sphingosine, a C18-aminodiol. Sphingosine was discovered […]
SPHINGOSYL PHOSPHATIDES This group consists of phosphorus-containing sphingolipids (mainly sphingomyelin) but containing a ceramide linked to a phosphate group, itself esterified to a […]