Carbon Compounds - Lipids Flashcards

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lipids

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  • large molecules generally not soluble to water, made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms with a little bit of oxygen
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fats

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  • main function is to store energy
  • saturated all of the carbon binding sites have a hydrogen bond to it
  • from animals
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oils

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  • unsaturated not all the available binding sites are filled

- from plants

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phospholipids

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  • structurally similar to fats, but they form an important part of the cell membrane
  • form a phospholipid bilayer because of two parts of the phospholipid and their hydrophilic heads and hydrophodic tails
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steriods

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  • vary in structure and function

- ex. testosterone (male sex hormone), estrogen (female sex hormone), cholesterol (good and bad)

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