Lipids: structure and classification: Difference between revisions

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Lipids.

Fatty acids.-
- , a saturated 16 carbon fatty acid. Look its , an its .
- , a monounsaturated 18 carbon fatty acid. Most monounsaturated natural fatty acids are .
- , a polyunsaturated 18 carbon fatty acid. This fatty acid has with cis configuration.
- , another polyunsaturated 18 carbon fatty acid with
Saponifiable lipids.-
- .- Zoom on .
- Waxes.- for instance .
- .- lipids composed of , , and a polar compound like .
- Sphingolipids.- all of them include in their structure the amino alcohol . Sphingosine bind to a fatty acid to yield , the common structural feature of all sphingolipids.
Unsaponifiable lipids.-
- Terpenes.- they are polymers of the 5 carbon unsaturated hydrocarbon named (2-methyl-1,3 butadiene). Some terpenes are , , , , and .
- Steroids.- Some steroids are , and . is also a steroid.
- Eicosanoids.- They are derived from unsaturated 20 carbon fatty acid named . are a class of eicosanoids.

Molecular models in this page were created or modified from pdb files by Alejandro Porto using the tool JSME Molecular Editor [1]

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 ==See Also==
+* [[Lipids: structure and classification (spanish)|Lípidos: estructura y clasificación]]
 * [[Gramicidin Channel in Lipid Bilayer]] / [[Canal de gramicidina en bicapa lipídica (Spanish)]]
 * [http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/javahelp.htm?img=an_bilw.gif&title=Lipid_Bilayers_and_Membrane_Channel&url=biomodel.uah.es/en/model2/bilayer/inicio.htm&status=both& Lipid bilayers and gramicidin channel] includes models of gel and liquid forms of bilayers.