common lipids - chapter 8

PHR 3200

vitamin A

• retinol

• can result in blindness due to deficiency

• helps with light reception in eye

• hormone to stimulate tissue repair

• used to treat acne

Vitamin K

• blood clotting

• helps wounds heal

• makes bone healthy

Vitamin D

• regulate amount of calcium and phosphate in body

• helps keep bone, teeth, and muscles healthy

• lacking can cause bone deformities

• sunlight requires for formation of vitamin molecules

Vitamin E

• antioxidant

• reduce effects of aging

geraniol

• plant lipid

• functions as an attractant

• produced by plants

• rose like smell

limonene

• produce by citrus fruit

• gives citrus fruit is odor characteristic

capsaicin

• chili pepper

• gives the “hot“ taste

• common irritant to the digestive tract

Eicosanoids

• signaling molecules

• made from polyunsaturated

• still present in the phospholipids

prostaglandins

stimulate smooth muscle contraction

prostacyclin

prevent blood clots

relax blood vessels

thromboxane

• promotes blood clots

• constrict blood vessels narrow blood vessels

leukotrienes

• stimulate bronchoconstriction

• found in white blood cells

NSAIDS (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

• reduce pain

• decrease fever

• prevents blood clots

• decrease inflammation

• inhibit generation of prostaglandins

prostaglandins

mediator of inflammation and pain