BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 13. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF LIPIDS

Review Questions

1. Name the main Functions performed by triacylglycerols in the animal body.

2. What is the Classification principle for phosphoacylglycerols?

3. Name the Structural components of ganglioside molecules and describe their biological role in Cells.

4. Select the Lipids involved in The formation of Cell membranes and Organelles: Higher Fatty acids; triacylglycerols; Cholesterol; higher fatty aldehydes and alcohols; neutral Glycolipids; phosphoinositides; sulfatides; cerebrosides; gangliosides; phosphatidylcholines.

5. Which compounds are classified as non-saponifiable lipids?



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