Lipid hydrolysis can also be referred to as lipid breakdown or lipolysis.
The general equation for the hydrolysis of a lipid molecule is: Lipid + water → fatty acid(s) + glycerol
The most common members of the 'lipid family' are triglycerides: plant oil and fats, being 3-fold esters of three molecules of alkanoic (or alk-ene-oic) acids with one molecule of glycerol (1,2,3-propan-tri-ol). When hydrolysed these reactant are freed by de-esterfication called hydrolysis. (Other members of the lipid group are cholesterols, waxes, detergents are differently constituted, but most of them can also be hydrolysed).
The reactant for lipase is a lipid molecule, such as a triglyceride. Lipase is an enzyme that breaks down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol through a hydrolysis reaction.
The term for a type of lipid that has one double bond between two of its carbon molecules is called a monounsaturated fat.
The term "Saponification" is an indication of what this reaction originally was used for: making soap. By boiling animal fat or lard with either potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, the reaction, hydrolysis, produced glycerol and soap.
The general equation for the hydrolysis of a lipid molecule is: Lipid + water → fatty acid(s) + glycerol
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Another name for hydrolysis is reaction. Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction where water reacts with a compound. This produces other compounds.
The most common members of the 'lipid family' are triglycerides: plant oil and fats, being 3-fold esters of three molecules of alkanoic (or alk-ene-oic) acids with one molecule of glycerol (1,2,3-propan-tri-ol). When hydrolysed these reactant are freed by de-esterfication called hydrolysis. (Other members of the lipid group are cholesterols, waxes, detergents are differently constituted, but most of them can also be hydrolysed).
An antihyperlipidemic is another term for a hypolipidemic - a drug which reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum.
Hydrolysis of lipid molecules yields fatty acids and glycerol. This process breaks down lipids into their individual components, which can then be used by the body for energy production or to build new molecules.
Lipids is another term for fat. Lipids are chemically triglycerides.
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