ENERGY – STORAGE LIPIDS:

TRIACYLGLYCEROL
TRIACYLGLYCEROL (TRIGLYCERIDE)

• IS A LIPID FORMED BY ESTERIFICATION OF THREE FATTY ACIDS TO A GLYCEROL MOLECULE

• THE MOST ABUNDANT TYPE OF LIPID PRESENT IN THE HUMAN BODY
• THE BODY’S ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS, AND CONCENTRATED PRIMARILY IN SPECIAL
CELLS (ADIPOCYTES)
• ARE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AT STORING ENERGY THAN GLYCOGEN BECAUSE LARGE
QUANTITIES OF THEM CAN BE PACKED INTO A VERY SMALL VOLUME
• ITS MOLECULES CONTAIN THREE FATTY ACID RESIDUE (THREE ACYL GROUP) ATTACHED TO
A GLYCEROL RESIDUE.
ESTERIFICATION
- PRODUCING A TRIACYLGLYCEROL, A
SINGLE MOLECULE OF GLYCEROL
REACTS WITH THREE FATTY ACID
MOLECULES( MOLECULES OF STEARIC
ACID); EACH OF THE THREE HYDROXYL
GROUPS PRESENT IS ESTERIFIED.
ACYL GROUP
- IS THE PORTION OF A CARBOXYLIC
ACID THAT REMAINS AFTER THE “-
OH” GROUP IS REMOVED FROM THE
CARBOXYL ATOM.
• SIMPLE TRIACYLGLYCEROL
- IS A TRIESTER FORMED FROM THE
ESTERIFICATION OF GLYCEROL WITH
THREE IDENTICAL FATTY ACID
MOLECULE
• MIXED TRIACYLGLYCEROL
- IS A TRIESTER FORMED FROM THE
ESTERIFICATION OF GLYCEROL WITH
MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FATTY ACID
MOLECULE.
• FATS
- NATURALLY OCCURRING COMPLEX
MIXTURES OF TRIACYLGLYCEROL
- IS A SOLID OR SEMI-SOLID AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE (25 DEGREE CELSIUS)
- OBTAINED FROM ANIMAL SOURCE
• OILS
- ALSO NATURALLY OCCURRING
COMPLEX MIXTURES OF
TRIACYLGLYCEROL
- IS LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE (25
DEGREE CELSIUS)
- OBTAINED FROM PLANT SOURCE
 DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS AND
TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
• GOOD FATS • BAD FATS
- MONOUNSATURATED FATS - SATURATED FAT
- MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - INCREASE HEART DISEASE RISK
HELP REDUCE THE STICKNESS OF
BLOOD PLATELETS
- EG. TREES NUTS AND PEANUTS,
OLIVE, AVOCADO, ETC.
• OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID • OMEGA-6 FATTY ACID

- FROM FISH - FROM PLANT OILS

PRIMARY MEMBER: PRIMARY MEMBER:

• LINOLENIC ACID – STARTING • LINOLEIC ACID – STARTING MATERIAL

FOR TWO ADDITIONAL OMEGA-3 FATTY
MATERIAL FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF
ACIDS (EPA- EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID
ARACHIDONIC ACID
AND DHA- DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID)
- ARACHIDONIC ACID, HELP REGULATE
- EPA AND DHA, NECESSARY FOR NORMAL
BLOOD PRESSURE, CLOTTING, ETC.
BRAIN FUNCTION

These Two acids are two types of essential fatty acids needed for the:
1. Proper membrane structure
2. Serve as starting materials for the production of several nutritionally important longer-chain
omega-6 and omega-3 acids.