BIOCHEM FATS Flashcards
►________ are heterogenous group of
compounds related more by their
physical properties rather than by their
chemical properties
Lipids
Lipids are:
► Relatively __________ in water and
► Soluble in _____________ solvents such as ether
and chloroform
insoluble, nonpolar
___________________ fatty acids have
beneficial effects in a number of
chronic diseases
long chain omega 3
►_____________________ act as electrical
insulators along myelinated
nerves
Nonpolar lipids
LIPIDS are transported in the blood
combined with proteins as ______________________
Lipoproteins
►esters of fatty acids with glycerol
►oils are fats in the liquid state
►FATS
►esters of fatty acids with higher
molecular weight monohydric
alcohol
►WAXES
►derivatives of C-20 fatty acids
►EICOSANOIDS
What are SIMPLE LIPIDS
Fats, Lipids, Eicosanoids
►esters of fatty acids containing groups in
addition to alcohol one or more fatty acids.
►COMPLEX LIPIDS
►containing in addition to fatty acids and
alcohol, a phosphoric acid residue
►frequently have nitrogen containing bases and
other substituents
►PHOSPHOLIPIDS
►lipids containing fatty acids,
sphingosine and carbohydrates
►GLYCOLIPIDS (GLYCOSHINGOLIPIDS)
►include bile salts, steroids, hormones,
ketone bodies, lipid-soluble vitamins
and polyprenoids
►DERIVED LIPIDS
►aliphatic carboxylic acids
►Occur in the body mainly as esters of
natural fats and oils
►FATTY ACIDS
►unesterified form as ________________,
a transport form in the plasma
free fatty acids
►Fatty acids occurring in natural fats
usually contain ______ number of
carbon atoms
even
►The chain containing no double bond
saturated
►The chain containing one or more
double bonds
unsaturated
►Saturated fatty acids end in __________
–anoic
►unsaturated fatty acids with double
bonds end in ______________
-enoic
►Carbon atoms are numbered from the
___________________ (C1)
►carbon adjacent to carboxyl carbon
(C2, C3,and C4) 🡪 ______, _______, and _______ carbons respectively
►terminal methyl carbon is known as
_______ carbon
carboxyl carbon, alpha, beta and
gamma, omega
►Use _____ for indicating the number and
position of the double bonds
delta
►Additional double bonds are introduced
only between an existing double bond at
the ________________
position
omega 9, omega 6, and omega 3
►Based on the ___________ as the
first member of the series
►_____ is progressively added between
the terminal CH3 & the COOH groups
CH3COOH, CH2
►carbons of saturated fatty acids form a
_________ pattern at low temperature
zigzag
►higher temperature some bonds ________
causing shortening of the chain
rotate
►thinning of _____________________ with increase in
temperature
biomembranes
►contain one double bond
►MONOUNSATURATED ACIDS:
►contain two or more double bonds
►POLYUNSATURATED ACIDS:
►______________________ occurs in
unsaturated fatty acids because of the
double bond
Geometric Isomerism
acyl chains are on the same
side of double bond
►CIS Isomer
acyl chains are on the opposite side of double bond
►TRANS Isomer
►present in certain foods
►byproduct in the saturation of fatty acids
during hydrogenation
►hardening of natural oil (margarine)
►TRANS Isomer
►compounds derived from eicosapolyenoic
acids (20-carbons) Comprise the:
►Prostanoids
►Leukotreines
►Lipoxins
►Consumption of ___________________________
is detrimental to health and is
associated with increased risk of
cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
mellitus
saturated fatty acids
►Synthesized from products of glucose
oxidation
NON-ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
►Must be obtained from the diet
►No human enzyme system can
introduce a double bond beyond the
ninth carbon atom of fatty acid
►ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
►Sources of Essential Fatty Acids
►Linoleic and Linolenic Acids
►Corn Oil, Peanut Oil, Cottonseed Oil
and Soybeans
►Linoleic Acid
►Linseed Oil and Evening Primrose Oil
►Linolenic Acid
►Melting point of even numbered
carbon FA increases with __________________
and decreases the greater the
_____________________
chain length, unsaturation
►Triacylglycerol containing three
saturated fatty acids of 12 carbons or
more is _______ at body temperature
solid
►_____________________ are liquid even in
below zero degree Celsius
polyunsaturated
OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS in plant oils,
►Alpha-linolenic (ALA)
OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS in fish oils
Ecosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS in fish & algal oils
Docosahexanenoic acid (DHA)
►Main storage form of fatty acids
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
►Considered as local hormones functioning
through G- protein-linked receptors to elicit
their biochemical effects
EICOSANOIDS
►give rise to Group 1 Prostanoids and Group 3 Leukotrienes
►Linoleic Acids
►give rise to Group 2 Prostanoids, Group 4
Leukotrienes and Lipoxins
►Arachidonic Acid
►give rise to Group 3 Prostanoids and Group 5 Leukotrienes
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
►Exists in every mammalian tissue acting as
local hormones
►Potent platelet aggregators
PROSTAGLANDINS
►Have the cyclopentane ring interrupted by
an oxygen atom
►Synthesized by leukocytes
►Causes vasoconstriction and platelet
aggregation
THROMBOXANES