Lipid
Lipids are a set
of compounds in the body that have characteristics similar to fat, fat
(grease), or oil. Because
it is hydrophobic, the compound can be used by the body as a useful tool for
berbagaikeperluan. For
example, the type of lipid known as trigleresida serves as an important fuel. These
compounds are highly efficient to be stored as energy-producing material
savings due terkumpuk in small grains almost free of water, making it much
lighter than the accumulation of carbohydrate-laden water equivalent. Another
type of lipid that is an important structural material. The
ability of this type of lipid to join together to get rid of water and other
polar compounds cause it to form a membrane that allows for a variety of
complex organisms.
Lipid
A sebgai defined organic compounds found in nature and do not dissolve in
water, but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents just as a hydrocarbon or
diethyl ether. Lipids
are compounds that are esters of fatty acids with glycerol which sometimes
contain other groups. Lipids
do not dissolve in water, but soluble in organic solvents such as ether,
acetone, chloroform, and benzene.
Judging
from the structure of lipid compounds are not soluble in water. Lipid compounds are named
based
on physical properties (solubility) than the chemical structure. In
general, lipids are divided into two major categories, namely "simple
lipids" and "lipid complex". Includes
simple lipid classes are compounds that have no ester group and can not be
hydrolyzed. This group
includes steroids. Group
composed of complex lipid compounds having ester groups and can be hydrolyzed. This group meiputi oil,
grease, and wax.
Lipids
are a large group of natural molecules composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen,
and oxygen include fatty acids, sterols, vitamins are fat soluble,
monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, glycolipids, terpenoids (including
sap and steroids) and others.
Lipid
Function
The
function of lipids are as follows:
1. Lipids are a source of metabolic energy that is essential in the
formation of ATP. Lipids are a group of very rich nutrient energi.Perbandingan
energy value of lipid nutrients are as follows:
Lipid 9.5 kcal / g
Protein 5.6 kcal / g
Carbohydrates 4.1 kcal / g
Based on this, it can be used as a substitute for lipid valuable protein for
growth, because in certain circumstances, triglycerides (fat and oil) can be
converted into free fatty acids as fuel in muscle metabolic energy
untukmenghasilkan livestock, particularly poultry and monogastric.
2. Lipids are essential components of cell membranes and membrane sub-cells.
Lipids are included in this group are polyunsaturated fatty acids /
PUFA-containing phospholipids and sterol esters.
3. Lipids can be useful as an absorbent and a carrier for vitamin A, D, E and K.
4. Lipids are a source of essential fatty acids, which are the custodians and
cell membrane integrity, optimizing lipid transport (because
keterbatasanfosfolipid as emulsifying agent).
5. As a precursor to sex hormones such as prostagtandin endrogen hormone,
estrogen.
6. Lipid serves as a vital protective organs.
7. Lipids as a source of steroids, which enhance its vital functions
biologisyang Example: sterols (cholesterol) are involved in maintenance of
membrane systems, for the transport of lipids and as a precursor of vitamin D3
and bile acids, adrenal and corticosteroids).
8. From the aspect of food technology, lipid acts as a lubricant yangberbentuk
food pellets, as a substance that reduces impurities in food and contribute to
the delicious food.
Physical and chemical properties
Physical properties of fat that is colorless, odorless and no sense; greater
specific gravity than water, are not easily soluble in water, for the etheric
oil extraction in the manufacture of perfumes. While the chemical nature is
able terjadirancidity (rancid); hydrolyzed by high heat; hidrogensi oil;
transesterification.
Fat characterized as organic biomolecules is insoluble or sparingly soluble in
water and can be extracted with a solvent such as non-polar chloroform, ether,
benzene, hexane, acetone and hot alcohol. In the past, fat is not an
interesting subject for biochemical research. Because of the difficulty in
researching compounds that are not soluble in water and serves as an energy
reserve and structural components of membranes, lipids considered not to have
diverse metabolic roles like those of other biomolecules, such as carbohydrates
and amino acids.
However, nowadays, researching fat is the most captivating subject of
biochemical research, particularly in molecular research on membranes. Ever
thought to be inert structure (inert), today known as functional membranes as
dynamic and a molecular understanding of cellular function is a key to
explaining the various components of biological importance, for example, active
transport systems and cellular responses to external stimuli. Subcutaneous
tissue around the abdomen, the fat tissue around the kidneys contain a lot of
fat, especially lipid roughly about 90%, in the brain tissue or the egg lipids
are about the size of 7.5 to 30%.
A fatty acid is a chain hodrokarbon with a carboxyl terminal cluster, has
identified more than 70 fatty acids available in nature. Although short-chain
fatty acids, eg, fatty acid chain of four-or six-are commonly found, but
triasilgliserolutama found in plant fatty acids with an even number of carbon
atoms, with a length of 14 to 22 carbons. Saturated fatty acids do not contain
C = C double bonds in its structure, while unsaturated fatty acids have one or
more double bonds, which sometimes are in cis geometric configuration. Unsaturated
fatty acids most abundant have one or two double bonds (each, fatty acids and
dienoat monoenoat), however, with three olefinic fatty acids (trienoat) and
four (tetraenoat) double bonds are also found in nature.