BIOCHEM LIPIDS Flashcards
are a heterogeneous group of compounds, including fats, oils, steroids, waxes, and related compounds
LIPIDS
LIPIDS soluble in ___________ solvents such as _______ and ___________
nonpolar, ether, chloroform
Dietary supplementation with ______________________ is believed to have beneficial effects in a number of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and dementia.
long-chain ω3 fatty acids
Fat is stored in ___________
adipose tissue
Lipids are transported in the blood combined with proteins in _____________ particles
lipoprotein
include fats, oils, and waxes which are esters of fatty acids with various alcohols
Simple lipids
Esters of fatty acids with glycerol
Fats
Fats in the liquid state at room temperature
Oils
Esters of fatty acids with higher molecular weight
monohydric alcohols
Waxes
are esters of fatty acids, which always contain an alcohol and one or more fatty acids, but which also
have other groups
Complex lipids
Contain a phosphoric acid residue.
They frequently have nitrogen-containing bases (eg,
choline) and other substituents
Phospholipids
Contain a fatty acid,
sphingosine, and carbohydrate.
Glycolipids
derivatives of C-20 fatty acids
EICOSANOIDS
In many phospholipids
the alcohol is glycerol (_____________________), but in
________________ it is sphingosine, which contains an amino group.
glycerophospholipids, sphingophospholipids
are formed from the hydrolysis of both simple and complex lipids
Derived Lipids
include bile salts, steroids, hormones, ketone bodies, lipid-soluble vitamins and polyprenoids
Derived Lipids
Fatty acids occur in the body mainly as _________________, but are found in the unesterified form as ________________, a transport form in the plasma.
esters in natural fats and oils, free fatty acids
__________ fatty acids end in –anoic
Saturated
______________ fatty acids with double bonds end in -enoic
unsaturated
►Carbon atoms are numbered starting from the _____________ (C1)
►carbon adjacent to carboxyl carbon (C2, C3,and C4) 🡪 ________________________________respectively
►terminal methyl carbon is known as ______________
carboxyl carbon, (alpha, beta and gamma carbons), omega carbon
Use _______ for indicating the number and position of the double bonds
delta
SATURATED FATTY ACIDS
►Based on the CH3COOH or ____________ as the
first member of the series
►______ is progressively added between the terminal CH3 & the COOH groups
Acetic Acid, CH2
►carbons of saturated fatty acids form a _________ pattern at low temperature
►at higher temperature some bonds_________ causing shortening of the chain
Zigzag, Rotate
Number of C atoms in Acetic
2
Number of C atoms in Butyric
4
Number of C atoms in Valeric
5
Number of C atoms in Caproic
6
Number of C atoms in Lauric, Myristic, Palmitic, Stearic
12, 14, 16, 18
acids, containing one double bond
Monounsaturated
acids, containing two or more double bonds
Polyunsaturated
These compounds, derived from eicosa (20-carbon) polyenoic fatty acids
EICOSANOIDS
_____________________ occurs in
unsaturated fatty acids because of the double bond
Geometric Isomerism
comprise the prostanoids, leukotrienes (LTs), and lipoxins
(LXs)
Eicosanoids
exist in virtually every mammalian tissue, acting as local hormones; they have important physiologic
and pharmacologic activities.
Prostaglandins
compounds that have the cyclopentane ring interrupted with an oxygen atom
thromboxane
are a third group
of eicosanoid derivatives formed via the lipoxygenase pathway
(see Figure 23–13). They are characterized by the presence of
three or four conjugated double bonds, respectively
The leukotrienes and lipoxins
Leukotrienes cause bronchoconstriction as well as being potent proinflammatory agents, and play a part in ___________
asthma
Double bonds in naturally occurring unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are nearly all in the cis configuration, the molecules being “bent” ________ at the double bond
120°
NON-ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
►Synthesized from products of _______ oxidation
►Non-essential in the sense that they do not necessarily be included in the diet
glucose
ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
►__________ and __________ Acids
►Must be obtained from the diet
►No human enzyme system can
introduce a double bond beyond the ______ carbon atom of fatty acid
Linoleic, Linolenic, ninth
►Corn Oil, Peanut Oil, Cottonseed Oil and Soybeans
Linoleic Acid
►Linseed Oil and Evening Primrose Oil
Linolenic Acid
Detergent-like due to ____________________, have nonpolar (CH3) & polar (-COOH) ends
amphipathic nature
OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS
►_______________ in plant oils, __________________ in fish oils and ____________________ in fish & algal oils
►anti-inflammatory effects
►stimulatory effect in synthesis of less inflammatory prostaglandins & leukotrienes
►Potential use as therapy for chronic inflammatory disease
Alpha-linolenic (ALA), Ecosapentaenoic acid (EPA), Docosahexanenoic acid (DHA)
►Main storage form of fatty acids
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
Give rise to G1 Prostanoids and G3 Luekotrienes
Linoleic Acid
give rise to Group 2 Prostanoids, Group 4 Leukotrienes and Lipoxins
Arachidonic Acid
____________ give rise to
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
Linoleic Acid
►give rise to Group 3 Prostanoids
and Group 5 Leukotrienes
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
PHOSPHOLIPIDS are derivatives of __________________
Phosphatidic acid
________________________ containing choline are the most abundant phospholipids of the cell membrane and represent a large proportion of the body’s store of choline
Glycerophospholipids
is a very effective surface-active agent and a major constituent of the surfactant preventing adherence, due to surface tension, of the inner surfaces of the lungs
Dipalmitoyl lecithin
also plays a role in apoptosis(programmed cell death).
Phosphatidylserine
►found in most tissues; cell membranes
►ethanolamine and serine replaces choline in phosphatidylcholine
(Cephalin) and Phosphatidylserine
_______________ are found in the outer leaflet of the cell membrane lipid bilayer and are particularly abundant in specialized areas of the plasma membrane known as _________________
Sphingomyelins, lipid rafts
found only in the mitochondria; essential for mitochondrial function
Cardiolipin