Classification

 of  lipids    
 

Simple
Lipids
Compound lipids (Membrane lipids)
Derived lipids

(polar lipids) (alcohol+F.As+other group)

Waxes
Steroids

Natural Lipids

(water  barrier)     (lipids containing steroid nucleus)
(storage lipids) (non-polar lipids)
(structural lipids in membrane)

(fatty  acid+  long  chain  of  alcohol)  

Phospholipids
(most abundant lipids in cell membrane)
Sphingolipids

Glycolipds
Lipoprotein


(have an amide bond)

Bile salt

Fats Oils Cholesterol
Steroids
(contain saturated F.As)
(contain unsaturated F.As)
hormones
(emulsify fats and oils during
(most abundant steroid) (polar)
digesting)

glyserophopholipids
Sphingophopholipids (Sphingosien) Glycosphingolipids

(glycerol+ 2F.As+Ph+X)
(Sphingosein+1F.A+Ph+X)
(Sphingosein+1F.A+X)

Adrenal corticosteroid

Sex hormones

(produced by adrenal glands)

Lecithin Cephalin
(Phosphatidylcholine)
(Phosphatidylethanolamine)
Sphingomyelin
Cerebrosides Ganglioside

X= choline
(X= only one monosaccharides)
(X=complex of olisachariders)

X= choline
X= Ethanolamin

Cortisone Testosterone
Estradiol

(glucocorticoid) Aldosterone
Prednisone
Progesterone
Norethindrone


(androgen)
(estrogen)