GLYCOSIDES OF AMINO ALCOHOLS While sphingolipids from animals and plants have a sphingoid base as common feature, some […]
GLYCOLIPIDS BASED ON GLYCEROL These lipids consist of a mono- or oligosaccharide moiety linked glycosidically to the hydroxyl group of glycerol which may […]
Glycosides of fatty acids with a O-glycosyl link and an ester link Ustilagic acid is a cellobiose lipid produced by […]
GLYCOLIPIDS BASED ON CERAMIDES There is a considerable variation in this group of glycosphingolipids. More than 150 varieties are known, about 50 of […]
GLYCOLIPIDS BASED ON GLYCEROL These lipids consist of a mono- or oligosaccharide moiety linked glycosidically to the hydroxyl group of glycerol which may […]
PHOSPHOSPHINGOLIPIDS WITH GLYCOSYL-CONTAINING HEAD GROUPS Complex phosphorylated glycolipids were discovered in 1958 by the group of Carter HE in soybean […]
SESTERTERPENES They are derived from geranylfarnesol pyrophosphate and have 25 carbon atoms (the sester- prefix means half to three, i.e. two and […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
SESQUITERPENES Sesquiterpenoids are defined as the group of 15 carbon compounds derived by the assembly of 3 isoprenoid units and they […]