Lipids: structure and classification: Difference between revisions
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**'''Waxes'''.- for instance <scene name='72/721496/Cera/1'>bee wax</scene>. | **'''Waxes'''.- for instance <scene name='72/721496/Cera/1'>bee wax</scene>. | ||
**<scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/2'>Phosphoglycerides</scene>.- lipids composed of <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/3'>glycerol</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/4'>two fatty acids</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/6'>phosphoric acid</scene> and a polar compound like <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/7'>ethanolamine</scene>. | **<scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/2'>Phosphoglycerides</scene>.- lipids composed of <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/3'>glycerol</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/4'>two fatty acids</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/6'>phosphoric acid</scene> and a polar compound like <scene name='60/603296/Fosfoglicerido/7'>ethanolamine</scene>. | ||
**'''Sphingolipids'''.- all o them include in their structure the ''amino alcohol'' <scene name='72/721496/Esfingosina/1'>sphingosine</scene>. Sphingosine bind to a fatty acid to yield <scene name='60/603296/ | **'''Sphingolipids'''.- all o them include in their structure the ''amino alcohol'' <scene name='72/721496/Esfingosina/1'>sphingosine</scene>. Sphingosine bind to a fatty acid to yield <scene name='60/603296/Ceramida/1'>ceramide</scene>, the common structural feature of all sphingolipids. | ||
*'''Unsaponifiable lipids'''.- | *'''Unsaponifiable lipids'''.- | ||
**'''Terpenes'''.- they are polymers of the 5 carbon unsaturated hydrocarbon named <scene name='60/603296/Isopreno/2'>isopreno</scene> (2-methyl-1,3 butadiene). Some terpenes are <scene name='60/603296/Bcaroten/2'>beta-carotene</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Licopeno/1'>lycopene</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Geraniol/2'>geraniol</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Resveratrol/1'>resveratrol</scene>, and <scene name='60/603296/Thc/1'>tetrahydrocannabinol</scene>. | **'''Terpenes'''.- they are polymers of the 5 carbon unsaturated hydrocarbon named <scene name='60/603296/Isopreno/2'>isopreno</scene> (2-methyl-1,3 butadiene). Some terpenes are <scene name='60/603296/Bcaroten/2'>beta-carotene</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Licopeno/1'>lycopene</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Geraniol/2'>geraniol</scene>, <scene name='60/603296/Resveratrol/1'>resveratrol</scene>, and <scene name='60/603296/Thc/1'>tetrahydrocannabinol</scene>. | ||
