10. Unsaturated FA
Contains 1 or more double bonds in a chain.
• Further classified on degree of unsaturation
• Monounsaturated FA
• Polyunsaturated FA
11. Monounsaturated FA
Contains 1 double bond in a chain.
Formula : CnH2n-1 COOH
Present in all fats
Oleic Acid C17H33COOH
12. Polyunsaturated FA
Contains more than 1 double bonds in a chain
Examples are
Linoleic acid series
Linolenic acid series
Arachidonic acid series
Essential Fatty acid :
•Not synthesized by human body
•Must be taken in the diet
18. C-Substituted Fatty Acids
One or more Hydrogen atom are replaced by
Hydroxyl group OR
Methyl group
Cerebronic acid of brain glycolipids
Ricinoleic acid in castor oil
19. d) Cyclic Fatty Acids:
bears cyclic group
Chaulmoogric acid (C18H32O2) obtained from
Chaulmoogra seeds
Used for leprosy treatment
Chaulmoogric acid (C18H32O2)
20. E- Eicosanoids
Compounds derived from long chain polyenoic fatty acids
(20-C).
Examples: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes etc
Most are produced from Arachidonic acid.
Considered "local hormones”
24. Nomenclature
• Saturated FA ends “ anoic “
• Example
• Octanoic acid
• Unsaturated FA ends “ enoic”
• Example
• Octadecenoic (oleic)
25.
26. • Numbering from functional group (COOH)
α
β
ώ
Nomenclature of Fatty acids
27. No of Carbon atoms 18
No of double bonds 1
Position of double bond 9
CH3(CH2)7-CH=CH (CH2)7-COOH
Nomenclature of Fatty acids
28. No of Carbon atoms 18
No of double bonds 1
Position of double bond 9
Linoleic acid series: (18:2, 9,12)
Linolenic acid series : (18:3, 9,12,15)
Arachidonic acid series (20; 4, 5,8, 11,14)
Nomenclature of Fatty acids
29. Omega−3 fatty
Three types of omega−3 fatty acids involved in human
physiology are
• α-Linolenic acid (ALA) (18C and 3 double bonds)
• Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (20C and 5 double bonds)
• Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (22C and 6 double bonds)
30. Nomenclature
Isomerism
2 types of isomerism found in unsaturated fatty acid
Geometric Isomerism
Positional Isomerism
Nomenclature of Fatty acids
35. Essential Fatty Acid (EFA)
Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid, Arachidonic acid
Linoleic acid is the most important
Arachidonic acid is also synthesized by Linoleic acid
Arachidonic is the precursor for prostaglandins and
leukotrienes
36. Biomedical importance of EFA
Structural element of tissues
Structural element of gonads
Synthesize of prostagladins
Structural element of mitochondria
Serum levels of cholesterol
Deficiency
Growth retardation
Skin lesions
Fatty liver
Kidney demage
37. Derived lipids
• Fatty Acids
• Alcohols
Alcohols contained in the lipid molecule includes
Glycerol
Sterol (Cholesterol)
Higher alcohols
38. Glycerol
Commonly called as “Glycerine”
Colorless oily fluid with a sweetish taste
Soluble in water and alcohol
Trihydric alcohol, contains 3-OH groups
Propane-1,2,3-triol
39. Glycerol
Sources:
Exogenous : Directly absorbs from the gut (22%)
Endogenous : Breakdown of fats(lipolysis) in adipose tissues
Uses:
• Nutrient value : Glycerol is converted to glucose and
glycogen by process gluconeogenesis
• Glycerol therapy:
in Cerebrovascular disease reduces cerebral oedema
41. (a) Phytol (C20H40O):
An acyclic diterpene alcohol
Used for synthetic forms of vitamin E and K.
A constituent of chlorophyll
In ruminants, the gut fermentation of ingested plant materials
liberates phytol
Converted to Phytanic acid and stored in fats.
42. (b) Lycophyll C40H56O2
• A polyunsaturated dihydroxy alcohol
• Occurs in tomatoes as a purple pigment
43. (c) Carotene (C40H56)
• Easily split in the body at the central point
of the chain
• to give two molecules of alcohol, vitamin A.
44. (d) Sphingosine or Sphingol
( C18H37NO2)
Unsaturated Amino alcohol
Present as a constituent of
• Phospholipid (Sphingomyelin)
• Glycolipids
45. Steroids
Steroid are often found in association with fats
Cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene Nucleus:
ABC - Phenanthrene rings
D- Cyclopentane ring
46. Sterol
Also known as Steroid alcohols
Compound has one/more (-OH) group and no carboxyl group with cyclo
pentano perhydrophenanthrene ring
Examples: Cholesterol, vitamin D, Bile acid, Sex hormones
47. Sterol
Types:
(a) Zoosterols (Animals Sterols)
• Cholesterol
Fungi
• Ergosterol is present in the cell membrane
(b) Phytosterols (Plants Sterols)
• Campesterol
• Sitosterol
• Stigmasterol
48. Cholesterol (C27H45OH)
Do not provide energy
Found in every cell in the body
Brain, Nervous tissues (2%)
Liver
Skin
Sources:
Butter
Cream
Yolk
Meat
Egg
49. Forms of Cholesterol
It exist in two states
Free form E.g. Brain and Nervous
Bond form E.g. Adrenal Cortex
50. Cholesterol
Normal level of serum total cholesterol 150 – 250mg%
Free cholesterol 40-50%
Cholesterol esters (bond state) 110-200mg%
52. 7-Dehydocholesterol (Provitamin D or Pre-cholecalciferol)
•Synthesis from cholesterol in the skin and intestinal wall
•Present in skin
Precholecalciferol cholecalciferol (vit D3)
•Disease: Rickets
53. Ergosterol
Plant sterol
Source: Isolated from ergot, fungus of rye
Same structure as 7 dehydocholesterol except the side chain
54. Stigmasterol and Sitosterol
Plant sterols, occurs in higher plant
No nutritional value
Sitosterol decrease the intestinal absorption of Cholesterol
and low blood cholesterol levels
Coprosterol ( Coprostanol)
Result of reduction of Cholesterol
(hydrogenation of = bonds) by bacterial action
The eicosanoids are a family of oxygenated derivatives of 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids that includes prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, endocannabinoids, and isoecosanoids.
propane-1,2,3-triol. Is saturated alcohol, is a simple polyol compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic. The glycerolbackbone is found in all lipids known as triglycerides.
Cerebral edema is excess accumulation of fluid in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain.
Healthcare providers sometimes give glycerol intravenously (by IV) to reduce pressure inside the brain in various conditions including stroke, meningitis, encephalitis, Reye's syndrome, pseudotumor cerebri, central nervous system (CNS) trauma, and CNS tumors; for reducing brain volume for neurosurgical procedures; and for treating fainting on standing due to poor blood flow to the brain (postural syncope).Some people apply glycerol to the skin as a moisturizer.Eye doctors sometimes put a solution that contains glycerol in the eye to reduce fluid in the cornea before an eye exam.Rectally, glycerol is used as a laxative.
Vasodilation is the widening of blood vessels. It results from relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, in particular in the large veins (called venodilators), large arteries, and smaller arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasoconstriction, which is the narrowing of blood vessels.
Most of the unsaturated alcohols are pigments.
Biological pigments[edit]
See conjugated systems for electron bond chemistry that causes these molecules to have pigment.
Heme/porphyrin-based: chlorophyll, bilirubin, hemocyanin, hemoglobin, myoglobin
Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen. The products are organic acids, gases, or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, and also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation.
Ruminant: chewing over again cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes
cholesterol also serves as a precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acid[5] and vitamin D.
80% of total daily cholesterol production occurs in the liver; other sites of higher synthesis rates include the intestines, adrenal glands, and reproductive organs.
Cholesterol (Ancient Greek
chole- (bile)
and stereos (solid), Cholesterol esters are major constituents of the adrenal glands, and they accumulate in the fatty lesions of atherosclerotic plaques. Similarly, esters of steroidal hormones are also present in the adrenal glands, where they are concentrated in cytosolic lipid droplets adjacent to the endoplasmic reticulum; 17β-estradiol, the principal oestrogen in fertile women, is transported in lipoproteins in the form of a fatty acid ester.
Because of the mechanism of synthesis (see below), plasma cholesterol esters tend to contain relatively high proportions of the polyunsaturated components typical of phosphatidylcholine (Table 1). Arachidonic and “adrenic” (20:4(n-6)) acids can be especially abundant in cholesterol esters from the adrenal gland.