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6.1: What are lipids?
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Lipids are defined, their basic structural features are described, and their categories are listed.
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6.2: Fatty acyls
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Structural features of fatty acids, prostaglandins, and waxes, their nomenclature, importance, and uses are described.
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6.3: Glycerolipids
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Glycerolipids are defined, and the difference in composition and properties of fats and oils and their chemical reactions, including hydrolysis, saponification, and hydrogenation is described.
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6.4: Glycerophospholipids
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Glycerophospholipids are defined, and classification, structural features, and their role in snake poisoning and infant respiratory distress syndrome are described that allow them to organize into lipid bilayers in the watery environment of cells.
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6.5: Sphingolipids
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Sphingolipids, their subclasses, their role in signal conduction in the nervous system, and their role in multiple sclerosis are described.
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6.6: Saccharolipids, polyketides, and prenols
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Structurals of saccharolipids, polyketides, and prenols and terms related to terpenes, including mono-, sesqui-, di-, and tri-terpenes are described.
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6.7: Sterols
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Sterols, particularly cholesterol, bile salts, and steroid hormones, and their functions, production, consumption, and associated medical problems are described.
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6.8: Cell membrane
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Cell membrane, its composition and control of fluidity, and three modes of transport are described: diffusion, facilitated transport, and active transport.