SECONDARY PEROXIDATION PRODUCTS FROM FATTY ACIDS OR MORE COMPLEX LIPIDS The majority of chain-cleavage products formed from monohydroperoxides are molecules belonging mainly to […]
MYCOLIC ACIDS They are complex hydroxylated branched-chain fatty acids with elevated carbon numbers (60-90). They may also contain diverse functional groups such […]
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 […]
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 […]
STEROLS Sterols may be found either as free sterols, acylated (sterol esters), alkylated (steryl alkyl ethers), sulfated (sterol sulfate), or linked to a […]
HYDROXY ACIDS The hydroxyl group(s) may occur at various positions in the carbon chain which can be saturated or monoenoic. Some polyhydroxy fatty […]
MONOENOIC FATTY ACIDS In his classic studies on fatty acids from pork fat, Chevreul (1823) recognized the nature of oleic acid but it […]
DITERPENES They have 20 carbon atoms and are derived from geranylgeraniol pyrophosphate. They are of fungal or plant origin and are found […]
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). […]