Carbs And Lipids Flashcards
Disaccharide
A carbohydrate made up of two sugar residues
Oligosaccharide
A carbohydrate made up of 3-10 sugar residues
Polysaccharide
A carbohydrate made up of more than 10 sugar residues
Aldose
A carbohydrate whose carbonyl group is an aldehyde
Ketose
A carbohydrate whose carbonyl group is a ketone
Triose
A carbohydrate made up of 3 carbons (prefix can be tri- to hept-)
Lipid
A biological molecule that is largely hydrophobic and thus insoluble in water
Fatty acid
A carboxylic acid with a long hydrocarbon side chain
Amphiphillic
A molecule that is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
Amphipathic
A molecule that is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
Saturated
A fatty acid that is fully reduced, thus contains no double (or triple) bonds
Unsaturated
A fatty acid containing double bonds
CH3(CH2)10COOH
Common: Lauric acid. Systemic: dodecanoic acid. 12:0 saturated
CH3(CH2)12COOH
Myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid, 14:0 saturated
CH3(CH2)14COOH
Palmitic acid, hexadecanoic acid, 16:0 saturated
CH3(CH2)16COOH
Stearic acid, octadecanoic acid, 18:0 saturated
CH3(CH2)18COOH
Arachidic acid, eiocosanoic acid, 20:0 saturated
CH3(CH2)5CH=CH(CH2)7COOH
Palmitoleic acid, 9-Hexadecenoic acid, 16:1n-7 unsaturated
CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7COOH
Oleic acid, 9-Octadecenoic acid, 18:1n-9
CH3(CH2)4(CH=CHCH2)2(CH2)6COOH
Linoleic acid, 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, 18:2n-6 unsaturated
CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)3(CH2)6COOH
Alpha-Linolenic acid, 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, 18:3n-3 unsaturated
CH3(CH2)4(CH=CHCH2)4(CH2)2COOH
Arachidonic acid, 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid, 20:4n-6
CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)5(CH2)2COOH
EPA, 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid, 20:5n-3
CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)6CH2COOH
DHA, 4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosohexenoic acid, 22:6n-3
