Download GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF LIPIDS simple lipids (neutral lipids

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF LIPIDS
simple lipids (neutral lipids)
compound lipids
derived lipids
Simple lipids: esters of fatty acids with alcohols.
fats
waxes
Compound lipids: compounds containing other groups in addition to an ester of a fatty acid
with an alcohol.
phospholipids
cerebrosides
other compound lipids (spingolipids)
Derived lipids: substances derived from neutral lipids or compound lipids and having general
properties of lipids
fatty acids
alcohols
hydrocarbons
monoglycerides
GLYCEROL
H
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H-C-OH
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H-C-OH
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H-C-OH
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H
FATTY ACIDS - chains of carbon atoms
with an organic acid group (carboxyl group)
CH3-(CH2-CH2)nCOOH
0
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-C-OH