SESQUITERPENES Sesquiterpenoids are defined as the group of 15 carbon compounds derived by the assembly of 3 isoprenoid units and they […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
PRIMARY PRODUCTS OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION Autoxidation and photo-oxidation of monoene, diene and triene fatty acids give similar but not identical products […]
PROSTANOIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS A large number of fatty acid derivatives often present in tiny concentrations were discovered to have profound effects on […]
PRIMARY PRODUCTS OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION Autoxidation and photo-oxidation of monoene, diene and triene fatty acids give similar but not identical products […]
HYDROXY ACIDS The hydroxyl group(s) may occur at various positions in the carbon chain which can be saturated or monoenoic. Some polyhydroxy fatty […]
STEROIDS Steroids form an important group of compounds based on the fundamental saturated tetracyclic hydrocarbon : 1,2-cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene (sterane or gonane). […]
VITAMIN E The most active form of vitamin E, a-tocopherol, is a 6-hydroxychroman derivative (chromene) with methyl groups in position 2,5,7, and […]
MYCOLIC ACIDS They are complex hydroxylated branched-chain fatty acids with elevated carbon numbers (60-90). They may also contain diverse functional groups such […]
Glycosides of fatty acids with a N-acyl link In these glycosides, the fatty acids may have only N-acyl links or […]