M1. Lipids Flashcards
- organic compound [carbon containing substances] found in living organisms
- insoluble (or only sparingly soluble) in water
- soluble in non-polar organic solvents
- lipids of plants in origin.
LIPIDS
OILS
True or False?
Lipids can be defined through their structural features.
False.
- Lipids do not have a common structural features that serves as the basis for defining such compounds.
- Lipids cannot be characterized in terms of structure due to their structural diversity.
Classification basis for Lipids?
Their SOLUBILITY. NOT ON FUNCTIONAL GROUPS.
Lipids are ____ in WATER.
INSOLUBLE/ SPARINGLY SOLUBLE
Lipids are ____ in NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENTS.
SOLUBLE
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Examples of Organic Solvents that can solubilize Lipids:
- Ether
- Alcohol
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Chloroform
Five Categories of Lipids:
EME, nandiyan sa bag CP mo, hindi na nakaw.
- Energy-storage of Lipids
- Membrane Lipids
- Emulsification Lipids
- Chemical messenger Lipids
- Protective-Coating Lipids
Energy-storage lipids:
- stored from of energy?
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
Membrane Lipids:
- structural components?
- PHOSPHOLIPIDS
- SPHINGOGLYCOLIPIDS
- CHOLESTEROL
Emulsification Lipids:
- they are crucial in lipid breakdown and helps in the intestinal absorption
BILE ACIDS
Chemical Messenger Lipids (Cell-to-Cell Communication):
- important in dietary constituents of fat-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin A, D, E, K
- STEROID HORMONE
- EICOSANOIDS
Protective-Coating Lipids:
- acts as a thermal-insulator that can be found in the subcutaneous tissues and around the certain organs
Biological Waxes
- exhibits structural diversity.
- Some are esters, some are amides, and some are alcohols (acyclic and cyclic) and some are polycyclic
Lipids
- building block/s of Lipids.
- simplest or basic unit to constitute complex types of lipids
Fatty Acids
- they are Carboxylic acids with linear (unbranched) carbon chain
- naturally occurring monocarboxylic acids
Fatty Acids
General Formula for Lipids?
RCOOH
- represents the long aliphatic chain of carbon atoms
- unique to fatty acids
- basis for the fatty acids identification
R group
Even numbers of Carbon atoms:
- Long-chain fatty acids
- Medium-chain fatty acids
- Short-chain fatty acids
The carbon chain of the fatty acids may or may not contain carbon to carbon double bonds.
Long-chain fatty acids’ number of Carbon atoms?
12-26 Carbons
Medium-chain fatty acids’ number of Carbon atoms?
8-10 Carbons
Short-chain fatty acids’ number of Carbon atoms?
4-6 Carbons
2 types of FA?
- Saturated FA
- Unsaturated FA
- all C-C bonds are single bonds
- numbering starts from the end of -COOH group
SATURATED FATTY ACIDS
C-C bonds are double bonds
UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS
Two subdivisions of Unsaturated FAs:
- Monounsaturated FA
- Polyunsaturated FA [PUFAs]
- one C=C bond present
- different ways of depicting the structure
MONOUNSATURATED
- 2 or more C=C bonds present
- up to six double bonds are present in fatty acids
POLYUNSATURATED
Two types of unsaturated fatty acids:
- Omega-3 fatty acids: 3 double bonds
- Omega-6 fatty acids: 6 double bonds
- Essential Fatty Acids
- Must be part of diet
- examples are Omega-3 FA & Omega-6 FA
OMEGA ACIDS
Types of nutritionally important omega acids:
- Linolenic Acid: omega-3
- Linoleic Acid: omega-6
they have a 7:1 ratio.
1 for w3
7 for w6
Linoleic Acid Deficiency:
SILCH
- skin redness
- infections & dehydration
- liver abnormalities
- children needs it most
- human milk has more linoleic acid than cow’s milk
Water Solubility of FAs:
- sparingly soluble in water because of CARBOXYLIC ACID POLAR GROUP
- insoluble in water
- short-chain FA
- long-chain FA
@ room temperature:
- FAs w/ 10 carbons or less are ____ in nature. OILS.
- FAs w/ more than 10 carbons are ____ in nature. FATS.
- liquid
- solid
Melting poing of Lipids depends on?
- number/length of carbon chains
- degree of unsaturation
more FAs carbon chains = insoluble in water
Melting Point:
Carbon chain: increases
Melting point: ____
increases
Melting Point:
More double bonds: ____
less efficient/ more liquid
Melting Point:
Low melting point: ____ @ room temp.
liquid
Space-Filling Molecules
increase number of bends in FAs chains: ____
increase number of double bonds
- Less packing occurs
- Melting point is lower
- Liquid at room temperature
- concentrated primarily in special cells (adipocytes)
- energy-storage material of lipids.
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
TWO TYPES OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS:
- Simple Triacylglycerols
- Mixed Triacylglycerols