Emulsification Lipids

Question 1

We use it to absorb the lipids that we eat. The lipids that we eat are macromolecules, for it to be absorb by our body, it needs to be broken down into smaller molecules. Once it enters the body it will still go to the liver to be come complex lipids to be used by the body.

Answer 1

Emulsification Lipids

Question 2

Major emulsification Lipid

Answer 2

Bile Acids

Question 3

Three types of Bile Acids

Answer 3

Cholic Acid
7-deoxycholic Acid
12-deoxcycholic Acid

Question 4

Substance that can disperse and stabilize water-insoluble substances as colloidal particles in an aqueous solution

Answer 4

Emulsifier

Question 5

Cholesterol derivative that functions as

an emulsifying agent that makes dietary lipids soluble in aqueous environment of the digestive tract

Answer 5

Bile acid

Question 6

Approximately ____ of cholesterol produced by liver is converted to bile acids

Answer 6

one third

additional info about bile acids: Similar to the action of soap in washing process

Question 7

A fluid containing emulsifying agents

secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and released into the small intestine during digestion

Answer 7

Bile

Question 8

Bile Acids

Answer 8

● Tri- or dihydroxy cholesterol derivatives
● The carbon 17 side chain of cholesterol has been oxidized to a carboxylic acid
○ The oxidized acid side chain is bonded to an amino acid (either glycine or taurine) through an amide linkage

Question 9

3,7,12-trihydroxy molecule

Answer 9

cholic acid

Question 10

3,12-trihydroxy molecule

Answer 10

7-deoxycholic acid

Question 11

3,7-trihydroxy molecule

Answer 11

12-deoxycholic acid

Question 12

Bile acids are distributed through the ___

Answer 12

Bile