♥♥ Lipids....

Whenever I encounter the word Lipid, the first thing that comes to my mind is that lipids are the fats. Which is quite correct..right?

So Lipids are divided into two groups: Simple Lipids and Complex Lipids.

Simple Lipids have no fatty acids and because of that, simple lipids are also non-saponifiable. Terpenes, Steroids and Prostaglandins are simple lipids.

Unlike simple ones, Complex Lipids contain fatty acids, making it saponifiable.There are four groups of complex lipids: waxes, acylglycerols, phosphoglycerides and sphingolipids ( I hope I spelled them all correctly).

Using a concept map will help in discussing this topic.

-angel♥