HYDROCARBONS These compounds form the simplest form of lipids, they contain only carbon and hydrogen. They may be divided into aliphatic hydrocarbons with […]
FATTY ALCOHOLS Aliphatic alcohols occur naturally in free form (component of the cuticular lipids) but more usually in esterified (wax esters) or […]
TERPENOIDS INTRODUCTION Terpenoids (or isoprenoids), a subclass of the prenyllipids (terpenes, prenylquinones, and sterols), represent the oldest group of small molecular products […]
HYDROCARBONS These compounds form the simplest form of lipids, they contain only carbon and hydrogen. They may be divided into aliphatic hydrocarbons with […]
PHOSPHOSPHINGOLIPIDS WITH GLYCOSYL-CONTAINING HEAD GROUPS Complex phosphorylated glycolipids were discovered in 1958 by the group of Carter HE in soybean […]
FATTY ALCOHOLS Aliphatic alcohols occur naturally in free form (component of the cuticular lipids) but more usually in esterified (wax esters) or […]
FATTY ACIDS Carboxylic acids occur in many molecular forms. At first It must be recalled that if the majority of the […]
PROSTANOIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS A large number of fatty acid derivatives often present in tiny concentrations were discovered to have profound effects on […]
AMINO ALCOHOLS This family of simple lipids is mainly found as homologues of the most spread base sphingosine, a C18-aminodiol. Sphingosine was discovered […]
STEROLS Sterols may be found either as free sterols, acylated (sterol esters), alkylated (steryl alkyl ethers), sulfated (sterol sulfate), or linked to a […]