Lipids

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March 22nd, 2021
Ana Isabel Morán Morales
Mind Map by Ana Isabel Morán Morales, updated more than 1 year ago
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Lipids
  1. what are lipids?
    1. diverse groups of molecules that contain regions composed almost entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
      1. polar
        1. water soluble
        2. non polar
          1. make lipids insoluble in water
      2. Oils, Fats, an Waes are Lipids Containing Only Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
        1. contain one or more fatty acid sununits
          1. fats and oils
            1. formed by dehydration synthesis
              1. tryglycerides
              2. energy storage molecules
                1. fats (solid at room temp)
                  1. joined by single bonds, saturated
                  2. oils (liquid at room temp)
                    1. double bonds, unsaturated
                  3. waxes
                    1. highly saturated, solid at outdoor temp
                2. Phospholipids hav ewater soluble "heads" and water-insoluble "tails"
                  1. phospholipids are the plasma that surrounds each cell
                    1. similar to oils, exceot one fatty acid is replaced y phosphate
                      1. 2 dissimilar ends
                        1. two nonpolar fatty acid tails
                          1. phosphate-nigtrogen head
                      2. steroids contain four fused carbon rings
                        1. composed of 4 rings of carbon atoms
                          1. these can end up with different funcional groups
                            1. cholesteron
                              1. waxy, fat-like substance that's found in all the cells in your body.
                              2. testosterone
                                1. the primary sex hormone and anabolic steroid in males.
                                2. estrogen
                                  1. one of two main sex hormones that women have.
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