LIPIDS

LIPIDS

FATTY ACIDS

TERPENES

PROSTAGLANDINS

GLYCOLIPIDS

WAXES

STEROIDS

PHOSPHOLIPIDS

TRIGLYCERIDES

SIMPLE

DERIVED

MISCELANEOUS

COMPLEX

COMPLEX

NONSAPONIFIABLE

SIMPLE

NONSAPONIFIABLE

a straight chain of an even number of carbon atoms, with hydrogen atoms along the length of the chain and at one end of the chain and a carboxyl group at the other end

Unsaturated fat.

Oleic acid.

Stearic acid.

consist of a glycerol molecule, two fatty acids, and a phosphate group that is modified by an alcohol

phosphatidylcholine phosphatidylethanolamine phosphatidylserine

consists of a basic five-carbon isoprene unit

geraniol.

terpinolene.

ocimene.

17 carbon atoms—arranged in four rings conventionally denoted by the letters A, B, C, and D—bonded to 28 hydrogen atoms.

Glucocorticoids Mineralocorticoid Androgens

consisting of a glycerol bound to three fatty acid molecules

saturated monounsaturated polyunsaturated

consists of a mono- or oligosaccharide group attached to a sphingolipid or a glycerol group with one or two fatty acids.

fats, sterols and fat-soluble vitamins

consist of a long-chain fatty acid linked through an ester oxygen to a long-chain alcohol.

cetyl palmitate ester of a fatty acid fatty alcohol

unsaturated fatty acids that contain a cyclopentane ring and are derived from the 20-carbon, straight-chain, polyunsaturated fatty acid precursor arachidonic acid.

Bimatoprost Carboprost Dinoprostone