EC Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Methylene Group, Alkanolamine, Diglyceride
12 Sep 2021
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Lipids are molecules which are insoluble or sparingly solube in water. Steric acid ,palmitic acid, palmiloleic acid etc are more examples. 8. 2. glycerol lipids are group of compounds which has a glycerol backbone with fatty acids moieties. Mono glyceride, diglyceride and triglyceride according to the number of fatty acids present. Glycerophospholipids are compounds which has two fatty acids are attached in ester linkages to the first and second carbon of the glycerol and a highly polar or charged group is attached through a phophodiester linkage to the third carbon. Spingolipids are compounds which has composed of one molecule of long chain amino alcohol sphingosine or its derivatives, one molecule of fatty acid and a polar head group. Sterol lipids these are compounds which has a steroidal base with the hydrocarbon moiety. Prenol lipids are compounds which has 2 or more isoprene units. Saccharolipids consist of fatty acids linked to sugar backbone.
