lIPEEDZ Flashcards

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Lipids are poorly soluble in ___, but dissolves in organix solvents like?

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Water; benzene, chloroform and dichloromethane (DCM)

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Lipids function as a ____ ___?

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Metabolic fuel

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Lipids are ___ group of compounds synthesized by cell

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Heterogenous

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What are the classifications of lipids

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Simple lipids, complex, amphiatic, derived

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Neutral fats and waxes

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Simple lipids

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Phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids

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Complex lipids

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Steroids, vitamins and caroteniods

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Derived Lipids

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Glycerollipids and sphingolipids

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Amphipathic lipids

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Example of complex lipids

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Phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids

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Example of simple lipids

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Neutral fats and waxes

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Example of amphipathic lipids

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Glycerollipids and sphingolipids

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Example of derived lipids

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Steroids, vitamins and caroteniods

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These are small molecules that tend to associate through noncovalent forces

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Amphipathic lipids

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Tends to form surface monolayers, bilayers, micelles, or vesicles when in contact with water

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Amphipathic lipids

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Smallestt unit of lipids

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Fatty acids

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Single bonded fatty acids and solid at room temperature

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Saturated fatty acids

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Double bonded fatty acids and liquid at room temperature

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Unsaturated fatty acids

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A type of fatty acid that reacts with NaOH producing soaps

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Unsaturated fatty acids

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Alkali metal salts of fatty acids contain

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10-18 carbon atoms called soaps

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These are good wetting agent/emulsifying agent/cleaning agent

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Soap

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What can you form with soap?

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Forms insoluble salts with metal ions like Ca+2 and Mg+2 ions

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These ions are present in?

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Hard water

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What do you call the precipiates formed in hard water?

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Scum

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Development of synthetic detergents or synders solved the problem of ??

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scum formation with soap

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___ contain fat-soluble groups and water-soluble grouos
Syndets
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Does not form precipitate in hard water
Syndates
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Presence of unsaturation is indicated by the decolization of the added ??
bromine
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When the enzyme lipase hydrolyzes a compound lipid, one of the products of hydrolysis is ?
Glycerol
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When glycerol is heated with a dehydrating agent such as
Potassium hydrogen sulfate (KHSO4)
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Major energy reserve of the body
Triglycerides
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When glycerol is heated with a dehydrating agent such as potassium hydrogen sulfate (KHSO4), the reaction yields ?
acrolein
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Also known as neutral fats/ triglycerols
Triglycerides
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3 distinct function of triglycerides
Heat production, energy production, and unsulation
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What represents fatty acid chains?
R1, R2, R3
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If there are 3 same R's, the compound is a?
Simple triglyceride
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Fats are insoluble in _____ but readily dissolve in ____?
Ordinary solvents; CHCL3 (tricholormethane), C6H6 (Benzene), hot alcohol, ether
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Neutral fats contain a large amoun of ??
Unsaturated fatty acids
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When fats are being shaked it temporarily forms?
emulsion
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What are the emulsifying agens of fats?
Soap, acacia, albumin or bile salts
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A ___ prevents coalescence of the fat droplets by absorbing on their surfaces
Emulsifying substance
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Different kinds of chemical properties
Hydrolysis, hydrogenation, rancidity, saponification
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A type of chemical property in which fats are readily hydrolyzed by acids, enzymes or superheated steam with liberation of fatty acids and glycerol
Hydrolysis
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A type of chemical property that instead of water, an alkali is used, a metallic salt of fatty acids (soap) is formed, and the process is called saponification (alkaline hydrolysis of fats)
Saponification
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Sodium soaps are ___?
Hard
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Potassium soaps are?
Soft
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A type of chemical reaction where fats are neutral in reaction, but when exposed to air, they become acidic due to hydrolysis which results in the liberation of volatile fatty acids
Rancidity
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Oxidized with the formation of ?
odoriferous volatile aldehyde and ketones
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What contribute to the rapid onset of rancidity
Enzyme, lipoxidase and agents like heat, light, moisture and bacteria
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Rancidity results in the destruction of the accessory food factor like
carotenes, vit. A, vit E.
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adds hydrogen to the unsaturated bonds of a fatty acid
Hydrogenation
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During the process, some or all the unsaturated fat is converted to a saturated fat resulting to a solid or semi-solid fat
Hydrogenation
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From kernel of mature coconuts and are saturated fats
Coconut oil
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obtained from seeds of anise plant and evaporates faster than coconut oil
Anise oil
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Appear as transparent and clear liquid
Glycerol
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Pure compound, appears as uniform opaque solid
Palmitic
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Oil can become rancid due to a process called
Oxidation
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occurs when oil is exposed to oxygen, heat, and light over time.
Oxidation
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cohesive force that exists at the surface of a liquid, causing it to behave as if it has a thin elastic skin
Surface tension
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When fat is heated strongly in the presence of ___ the glycerol portion of the molecule is dehydrated to form the unsaturated aldehyde called ____
AHSO4; Acrolein
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Olive oil + 40% NaOH what process occurs?
saponification
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+ Ethyl alcohol what process occurs?
alcoholysis or esterification
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What forms when alcohol is added when saponifying?
Sodium ethoxide (NaOC2H5)
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+ heated and stirred what process occurs?
Transesterification
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is responsible for the green flame
Glycerol-borax complex
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Responsible for the yellow flame
Sodium borate
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does not have a free aldehyde or ketone group that is required for the reaction with copper ions in the Benedict’s reagent
Glycerol
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In the test for the presence of phosphorous in lecithin what do you call the formation of yellow precipitate ?
Phosphomolybdate