Eran Levin Fats Flashcards
(49 cards)
Can We store fat
Yes
Can Three glyceride contain different types of fatty acids
Yes
Can animals produce omega six and omega-3 fatty acids
No
does humans able to Synthesize fatty acid with multiple double bonds
Yes but it has to take fatty acid with two double bonds and from it make one with five double bonds
Which fatty acid cause cholesterol to sink in the arteries
Omega six
Where the extension of omega fatty acids occure in our body
In the ER of the liver cells
To which pathologies stearoyl CoA desaturase is linked
Obesity and cancer
Low activity of stearoyl CoA deaturase can cause
Less ability to store fat
insulin resistance
problems with inserting PUFA in the membranes
What activates SCD enzyme
Low temperature
diet rich in carbohydrates
cholesterol vitamin a and vitamin D
What inhibits the SCD enzyme
MUFA
PUFA
Cyclopropane fatty acids
Which enzyme the cycloprpenic acid inhibits
SCD enzyme
Why cow does not consume halamit
Because it contains the Cyclopropanic fatty acid that can inhibit the activity of the SCD enzyme
Where plant store linolenic acid?
In the membrane
How plants can mobile fat if it’s not soluble
Using lecitin which is a phospholipid
Which group joins phospholipid to create lecitin
Cholin
In which type animals there are less saturated fats as we look more to the poles?
Marine mammels
Which fatty acids are the most common in membrane of animals
Stearic
Palmitic
Oleit
Linoleit acid
Which fatty acid can build up to 90% of the membrane
Oleit fatty acid
How Unsaturated fatty acid contribute to the metabolic rate
Enhances it
In high temperature, which diet was preferable to the development
Saturated fats
In low temperture which diet was preferble
PolyUnsaturated fats
How PUFA influence longevity?
due to new researches, it shortens it
Which insect nourish its offspring with milk
Roach
From Which nutrient we can produce the biggest amount of water
Fat
