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Vitamin

... nutrients such as dietary minerals , essential fatty acids or essential amino acids . Nor is it used ...was the designation originally given to essential fatty acids that the body cannot manufacture. They were "de-vitaminized" because they are fatty acids . ...

Endoplasmic reticulum

... for building membranes such as phospholipids ), fatty acids and steroids (e.g., hormones ), and also plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism , detoxification of the cell (enzymes in the smooth ER detoxify chemicals), and calcium storage. It also is a large transporter of nutrient found...

Endoplasmic reticulum

... for building membranes such as phospholipids ), fatty acids and steroids (e.g., hormones ), and also plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism , detoxification of the cell (enzymes in the smooth ER detoxify chemicals), and calcium storage. It also is a large transporter of nutrient found...

Endoplasmic reticulum

... for building membranes such as phospholipids ), fatty acids and steroids (e.g., hormones ), and also plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism , detoxification of the cell (enzymes in the smooth ER detoxify chemicals), and calcium storage. It also is a large transporter of nutrient found...

Phospholipid

... Phospholipids are formed from four components: fatty acids , a negatively charged phosphate group, an...In phosphoglycerides, the carboxyl group of each fatty acid is esterified to the hydroxyl groups on carbon-1 and carbon-2. The phosphate group is attache...

Peroxisome

...ell of toxic substances. Peroxisomes also degrade fatty acids and toxic compounds and catalyze the first t...somes are responsible for oxidation of long-chain fatty acids and thereby generating acetyl groups. See Also Zellweger syndrome , a peroxisomal disea...

Nutrition

...n called into question. The balance of essential fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic oil) has been disco...ctivity. Some examples are : Obesity results in fatty deposits in the abdomen which in turn affect the efficiency of the liver , heart , gall bladder ...

Mitochondrion

...gradation of tryptophan , and the elongation of fatty acids . The inner mitochondrial membrane, in contrast, contains more than 100 different polypeptides , and has a very high protein to phospholipid ratio (more than 3:1 by weight, which is about 1 protein for 15 phospholipids). Additionally, the inn...

Mitochondrion

...gradation of tryptophan , and the elongation of fatty acids . The inner mitochondrial membrane, in contrast, contains more than 100 different polypeptides , and has a very high protein to phospholipid ratio (more than 3:1 by weight, which is about 1 protein for 15 phospholipids). Additionally, the inn...

Lipid

...ompounds of biological origin, including waxes , fatty acids , fatty-acid derived phospholipids, sphingol...e built on a glycerol core to which are linked two fatty acid-derived "tails" by ester linkages and one "head" group by a phosphate ester linkage. Fatty ...

Lipase

...nd in oils from food to mono glycerides and free fatty acids . A myriad of other lipase activities exist in nature , especially when the phospholipases and sphingomyelinases are considered. Lipases are ubiquitous throughout living organisms , and genes encoding lipases are even present in certai...

Kwashiorkor

...ione , albumin , vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Therefore, if a child with reduced type I nutrients or anti-oxidants is exposed to stress (e.g. an infection or toxin) he/she is more liable to develop kwashiorkor....

Citric acid cycle

...riglycerides are hydrolyzed to break them into fatty acids and glycerol . In the liver the glycerol c...luconeogenesis. In many tissues, especially heart, fatty acids are broken down through a process known as beta oxidation which results in acetyl-CoA which c...

Insulin

...igh blood glucose levels in diabetes. increased fatty acid synthesis – insulin forces fat cells to take in glucose which is converted to fatty acids; lack of insulin causes the reverse increased esterification of fatty acids – forces ...

Fermentation

... with protein, essential amino acids , essential fatty acids , and vitamins" "Detoxification during food fermentation processing" "A decrease in cooking times and fuel requirements" Fermentation has some benefits exclusive to foods. Fermentation can produce important nutrients or eliminate antinutr...

Endoplasmic reticulum

... for building membranes such as phospholipids ), fatty acids and steroids (e.g., hormones ), and also plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism , detoxification of the cell (enzymes in the smooth ER detoxify chemicals), and calcium storage. It also is a large transporter of nutrient found...

Diabetes mellitus

...adipose tissue is reduced to triglycerides and fatty acids by lipolysis . Muscle is degraded to rel...ase amino acids for gluconeogenesis. The rise of fatty acid levels is accompanied by a rise of ketones ( acetone , acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrat...

Citric acid cycle

...riglycerides are hydrolyzed to break them into fatty acids and glycerol . In the liver the glycerol c...luconeogenesis. In many tissues, especially heart, fatty acids are broken down through a process known as beta oxidation which results in acetyl-CoA which c...

Anabolism

...firewood), and breakdown of fat in adipose to fatty acids for fuel. Because it is counterproductive to have anabolic and catabolic processes occurring in cells simultaneously, there are many signals that switch on anabolic processes while switching off catabolic processes and vice versa. Most of the...

Anabolism

...firewood), and breakdown of fat in adipose to fatty acids for fuel. Because it is counterproductive to have anabolic and catabolic processes occurring in cells simultaneously, there are many signals that switch on anabolic processes while switching off catabolic processes and vice versa. Most of the...

Albumin

...rmones, particularly fat soluble ones Transports fatty acids ("free" fatty acids) Transports unconjugated bilirubin Transports many drugs Competitively binds calciu...

Adenosine triphosphate

...he main fuels for ATP synthesis are glucose and fatty acids . Initially glucose is broken down into pyruvate in the cytosol . Two molecules of ATP are generated for each molecule of glucose. The terminal stages of ATP synthesis are carried out in the mitochondrion and can generate up to 36 ATP. A...

Coenzyme A

...sphate and used in metabolism in areas such as fatty acid oxidization and the citric acid cycle . Its main function is to carry acyl groups such as acetyl as thioesters . A molecule of coenzyme A carrying an acetyl group is also referred to as acetyl-CoA . Acetyl-CoA is an important molecul...