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Ch. 18 Lipids Flashcards

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1
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Lipids can be categorized into…

A

Saponifiable and Nonsaponifiable

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2
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Saponification

A

Making of Soap

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3
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What kind of lipids can be saponifiable?

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Simple Lipids and Complex Lipids

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4
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What kind of lipids that are Nonsaponifiable

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Steroids

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5
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What make up Simple lipids?

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Triglycerides and Waxes

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6
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What makes up complex lipids?

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Phosphoglycerides

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7
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What are Lipids made up of?

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Fatty Acids

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8
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What are Fatty Acids?

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They are long-chain carboxylic acids.
Nonpolar, hydrophobic tail
Polar, hydrophilic head

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9
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Amino acids have what type of an acid group?

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Carboxylic acid

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10
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How many carbons does fatty acids have?

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10 - 20 Carbons
(They have an even number of carbons)

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11
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Fatty Acid chains can be saturated or unsaturated. If it is an unsaturated Hydro-carbon, what kind of bond will it have?

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A double or triple bond.

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12
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A body can produce saturated fats when it has more…

A

energy

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13
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Saturated Fats are…

A

BAD >:(

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14
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Unsaturated Fats are…

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Healthy :)

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15
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What does branching do to physical property?

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It decreases the physical property and melting point goes down.

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16
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More saturation means

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lowering the physical properties

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17
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Essential Fatty Acids that the body CANNOT synthesize are:

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-Linoleic Acids (an omega-6 fatty acid)

-Linolenic Acids (an omega-3 fatty acid)

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18
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What type of fats do our bodies synthesize?

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Saturated fats

19
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Triglyceride

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has glycerol (3 carbon alcohol)

20
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A triglyceride that is a solid at room temperature, is ….

A

Fat

21
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A triglyceride that is a liquid at room temperature, is…

A

Oil

22
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Tri glyceride with NaOH ( Sodium Hydroxide) can produce

A

Fatty Acid Salts (Base)

23
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Triglyceride with H2 / Ni can produce

A

A more saturated triglyceride

24
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Breaking apart water is…

A

Hydrolysis

25
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Polysaccharides and Triglycerides can use what to be broken apart

A

Hydrolysis

26
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The three reactions of Triglycerides are

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Hydrolysis, Hydrogenation, and Saponification.

27
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The suffix “-ate” means what?

A

Unpropanated

28
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Hydrogenated makes more

A

Saturation

29
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Waxes

A

esters of a long chain fatty acids and a long chain alcohols

30
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Waxes can be what in water?

A

Insoluble. It is NOT easily hydrolyzed.

31
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Why are waxes important in nature?

A

It provides protective coatings on feathers, fur, skin, leaves, and fruit.

32
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Triglyceride has how many fatty acids?

A

3

33
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Fluid Mosaic Model is kept together by

A

Intermolecular forces

33
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Emulsify means what?

A

Turning non-soluble into a colloid

34
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What kind of salts emulsify lipids?

A

Bile-salts

35
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Phosphoglycerides are used as what?

A

emulsifying agent in foods

36
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Steroids are what kind of lipids?

A

Non-saponifiable lipids

36
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Cholesterol is what?

A

The most abundant steroid in the human body

37
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Bile Salts

A

important in lipid digestion and act as an emulsifying agent

38
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Steroids acts as what in the body?

A

Hormones

38
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What are hormones?

A

Chemical messengers secreted by specific glands and carried by the blood to the targeted tisssue

39
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What are the two major categories of steroid hormones?

A

Adrenocorticoid hormones and sex hormones.

40
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What is part of the steroid hormones?

A

Cortisol, Progesterone, Estradiol, and Testosterone.

41
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What is the shape of a Steroid?

A

4 rings -> 3 six membered
-> 1 five membered

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