Start Discovering Solved Questions and Your Course Assignments
TextBooks Included
Active Tutors
Asked Questions
Answered Questions
phospholipidsmost abundant lipid present in cell membrane also called membrane lipidit is made up of lipid amp phosphoric acidthe basic phospholipid
suberinit is a lipid formed by esterification of phellonic acid or its derivative with glycerolsuberin occurs in the walls of cork cells and
cutinit is a lipid formed by polymerization and cross-esterification of hydroxy fatty acidscutin occurs inside outer epidermal walls of plant
waxesthese are monoglyceride compoundsthey are chemically inert due to absence of double bonds and insoluble in wateron heating they become soft and
fatty acidsthey are monocarboxylic organic acids rcooh having a hydrocarbon chain of 4 - 30 carbon atomsthe polar carboxylic group is hydrophilic gk
fats are of two types a hard fatsthey are true fats which are solid at room temperature of 20ocit is due to presence of long chain saturated fatty
fats true fats triglycerides neutral fatsthey are esters of fatty acids and 3-carbon trihydric alcohol glycerol glycerinetrue fat is also called
simple lipidsthey are lipids formed of fatty acids and alcohol without any additional group eg fats or true fatswaxcutin suberinsimple lipids are
lipidsterm given by bloorlipids do not form polymers in nature except cutin polymere of fatty acidsmost lipids are formed of fatty acids amp
functions of polysaccharideschitin is a structural component of fungal cell wall and exoskeleton of insects crustaceans and some other
functionally polysaccharides are of three types - storage structural mucopolysaccharidesstorage polysaccharides function as reserve food which can be
mucopolysaccharidesthey are heteropolysaccharides of high molecular weight that are gelatinous is consistency functioning in lubrication and as
mucoproteins glycoproteinsproteins having conjugated mucosaccharides that form viscous mucus or mucoid secretionsthe gastric mucus or mucoprotein is
heparinit is highly sulphated mucopolysaccharide made of alternate units of glucosamine and glucuronic acidheparin is mainly produced by liver and
chondroitin sulphateit is a linear polymer of sulphated n-acetylgalactosamine alternating with glucuronic or iduronic acidthe complex also occurs in
hyaluronic acidit is formed by alternating unit of d-glucuronic acid and n-acetylglucosaminehyaluronic acid acts as animal cement between adjacent
agar - agarit is cell wall mucopolysaccharide of some red algae eg gelidium gelidiella gracillariaagar is used as culture medium thickener stabilizer
pectinit consists of methylated galacturonic acid galactose amp arabinoseit is also called plant cement becuase it binds layers of cell wallit is a
hemicelluloseit consists of mannose galactose arabinose amp xyloseit is a structural polysaccharide which helps in formation of cell wallmaximum
chitinit is polymer of n-acetyl-d-glucosamineit is a structural homopolysaccharide found in the fungal walls as fungus cellulose and as chitin in the
dextrinintermediate product of hydrolysis of starchit consists of maltose amp glucoseit is found in yeast amp some
celluloseit is a linear polymer of b -d-glucoseit is the structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls walls of some primitive fungi some protists
insulinlinear polymer of b-d-glucoseinsulin is small-sized 25 - 35 residues fructosan homopolysaccharide which is a reserve carbohydrate present in
glycogenpolymer of a-d-glucose it has 5000-30000 units of a-d-glucoseglycogen is glucosan homopolysaccharide which is the major reserve food of
starch -polymer of a-d-glucosestarch is glucosan homopolysaccharide which is the major reserve food of plantsstarch is formed as an end product of