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by
Dr/Noha M. Abd El-Fadeal
Lecturer of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
FOMSCU
Lipids
objectives
• Introduction
• Chemical structure
• Biomedical importance of lipids
• Classification of lipids
Fatty acids:
• Classification of fatty acids
• Nomenclature of unsaturated Fatty acids
Introduction
Triacylglycerol
Triacylglycerol
◼ Triacylglycerol consist of a glycerol esterified with
three fatty acids.
◼ It is the most significant lipid.
◼ It is a major constitute in lipoprotein and a major
storage form of lipid.
O
H2C O
O
CH
O
O
H2C
O
Triacylglycerol
Waxes
- Esters of long chain fatty acids (C14-36) with long
chain (C16-30) alcohols
O
O
Glycerolphospholipids
- essential for membrane structure
- most abundant membrane lipids
Sphingolipids
- Component of a certain membrane
- Sphingosine, fatty acid and glycoside
Glycerolphospholipids: consist of
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CH3-(CH2)7-CH=CH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-COOH
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