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Carbs And Lipids Flashcards

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Disaccharide

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A carbohydrate made up of two sugar residues

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Oligosaccharide

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A carbohydrate made up of 3-10 sugar residues

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Polysaccharide

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A carbohydrate made up of more than 10 sugar residues

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Aldose

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A carbohydrate whose carbonyl group is an aldehyde

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Ketose

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A carbohydrate whose carbonyl group is a ketone

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Triose

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A carbohydrate made up of 3 carbons (prefix can be tri- to hept-)

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Lipid

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A biological molecule that is largely hydrophobic and thus insoluble in water

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Fatty acid

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A carboxylic acid with a long hydrocarbon side chain

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Amphiphillic

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A molecule that is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic

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Amphipathic

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A molecule that is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic

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Saturated

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A fatty acid that is fully reduced, thus contains no double (or triple) bonds

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Unsaturated

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A fatty acid containing double bonds

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CH3(CH2)10COOH

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Common: Lauric acid. Systemic: dodecanoic acid. 12:0 saturated

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CH3(CH2)12COOH

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Myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid, 14:0 saturated

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CH3(CH2)14COOH

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Palmitic acid, hexadecanoic acid, 16:0 saturated

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CH3(CH2)16COOH

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Stearic acid, octadecanoic acid, 18:0 saturated

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CH3(CH2)18COOH

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Arachidic acid, eiocosanoic acid, 20:0 saturated

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CH3(CH2)5CH=CH(CH2)7COOH

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Palmitoleic acid, 9-Hexadecenoic acid, 16:1n-7 unsaturated

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CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7COOH

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Oleic acid, 9-Octadecenoic acid, 18:1n-9

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CH3(CH2)4(CH=CHCH2)2(CH2)6COOH

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Linoleic acid, 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, 18:2n-6 unsaturated

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CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)3(CH2)6COOH

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Alpha-Linolenic acid, 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, 18:3n-3 unsaturated

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CH3(CH2)4(CH=CHCH2)4(CH2)2COOH

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Arachidonic acid, 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid, 20:4n-6

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CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)5(CH2)2COOH

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EPA, 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid, 20:5n-3

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CH3CH2(CH=CHCH2)6CH2COOH

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DHA, 4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosohexenoic acid, 22:6n-3

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Monosaccharide

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A carbohydrate made up of a single sugar residue

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