Saturday, October 2, 2010

LIPIDS. .

  • also known as fats.
  • organic molecules insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol.
  • contains C, H, O
comes in 2 groups
  1. Complex- with fatty acids, saponifiable
  2. Simple-withou fatty acid, nonsaponifiable
Complex lipids include waves, acyglycerol, phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids while simple lipids include terpenes, steriods and prostaglandins .

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