Lipids Flashcards
Most abundant lipid
Phospholipids
Amphipathic: polar (hydrophilic head) and nonpolar (hydrophobic side chain)
Phospholipids
Reference material during 3rd trimester of pregnancy
Sphingomyelin
Concentration is constant as opposed to lecithin
Sphingomyelin
Not derived from glycerol but from sphingosine (amino alcohol)
Sphingomyelin
Forms of phospholipids
70% Lecithin/Phosphatidyl choline
20% Sphingomyelin
10% Cephalin
Method for L/S ratio
TLC + Densitometric quantitation
Measured by fluorescence polarization
Microviscosity
Not a source of fuel
Cholesterol
Not affected by fasting
Cholesterol
Cholesterol 70% Cholesterol ester (plasma/serum)
(plasma/serum)
(plasma/serum and RBC)
70% Cholesterol ester
30% Free cholesterol
Esterification of cholesterol
LCAT
Activator of LCAT
Apo A-1
Cholesterol increases after the age of 50: [?] between 50 and 60 years old
2 mg/dL/year
Cholestadienyl Monosulfonic acid
Liebermann Burchardt
Green end color
Liebermann Burchardt
Cholestadienyl Disulfonic acid
Salkowski
Red end color
Salkowski
Color developer mixture (Cholesterol):
Glacial acetic acid
Acetic anhydride
Conc. H2SO4
One-step method
Colorimetry (Pearson, Stern and Mac Gavack)
Two-step method
Color. + Extraction (Bloor’s)
Three-step method
Color. + Extract. + Saponification (Abell-Kendall)
Four-step method
Color. +Extract. + Sapon. + Precipitation (Schaenheimer Sperry, Parekh and Jung)
CDC reference method for cholesterol:
-Hydrolysis/saponification (Alc. KOH)
-Hexane extraction
-Colorimetry (Liebermann-Burchardt)
Abell, Levy and Brodie mtd (Chemical method)
Most insoluble lipid
Triglycerides
Main storage lipid in man (adipose tissue) – 95%
Triglycerides
Triglycerides Fasting:
12 hours
Chromotropic acid
Van Handel & Zilversmith (Colorimetric)
(+) Blue color compound
Van Handel & Zilversmith (Colorimetric)
Diacetyl acetone
Hantzsch Condensation (Fluorometric)
(+) Diacetyl lutidine compound
Hantzsch Condensation (Fluorometric)