Glycerol

two double bonds, its chemical equation is, CH3(CH2)4CH=CHCH2CH=CH(CH2)7COOH. When you combine these fatty acids with a glycerol it will create a triglyceride. These triglycerides contain a long chain of fatty acids.“Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. When triglycerides in fat/oil react with aqueous NaOH or KOH, they are converted into soap and glycerol. This is called alkaline hydrolysis of esters” (Saponification-The process of Making Soap.2013). Due to the fact…

In 1935, the first plasma membrane structure model was introduced by Danielli and Davson. They proposed that the membrane is made of phospholipid bilayer that consists of hydrophobic head and the hydrophilic tail. Hydrophilic head, which is polar, facing towards the water molecules and said to be coated with protein. Hydrophilic tail, which is non-polar is not facing water molecules and sandwiched between the two bilayers. At regular intervals of the surface of the plasma membrane, there are…

Chitosan solution was prepared with 2 % (w/v) chitosan in 1% (v/v) acetic acid glacial. The solution was placed on a hot plate/magnetic stirrer for 6 h. The resultant chitosan-based coating solution was filtrated, through a Whatman filter paper No: 2, glycerol was added at 0.75 % (w/v), and stirred for more than 15 minutes. Two of the best concentrations, 60 and 90 mg mL−1 were prepared from freeze-dried IgY for S. putrefaciens and P. fluorescens respectively. After centrifugation (10000 ×g)…

CHRONONUTRITION -for beginners - Eating for the most people is one of the life's greatest pleasures but the food we choose in our everyday life is extremely important for many reasons. It is likely that you have already heard about Chrononutrition or Chronic Diet, how we usually call it. We all know that it has to do something with nutrition. Also, many of them claim that following main principles of Chrononutrition, as a result, you will lose weight and with not return. Chrono…

Tardigrades are fascinating organisms that the greater understanding of has potential to lead to advances in medicine, such as by allowing for increased tolerance of radiation in human cells (Hashimoto et al. 2016), and the cryopreservation of organs for transplantation (Kletetschka and Hruba 2015). Perhaps, it may even allow living people to be preserved so that they may undergo long-distance space travel without aging, and thereby may enable colonization of other planets. Anything that may…

1. Introduction This illustrated report will be concentrating on the digestive system and the detail of digestion, including mechanical and chemical digestion, extracellular and intracellular digestion. It will highlight how enzymes work within the digestive system, which ones and where they are produced. It will show the importance of metabolism and its two categories anabolism and catabolism, there will also be an illustration of how nutrients are processed during anabolism and catabolism. It…

IV. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy Another major facet of sports-related concussions is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) as it’s considered to be a gradual neurodegeneration due to repeated mTBI (Gavett et al., 2011). Since there are many high-contact sports (such as football, hockey, boxing, etc.) as well as high chances of accidental injury in non-contact sports – repeated head injuries are very common (Gavett et al., 2011). This is another reason sports-related concussions…

of phosphoglycerides that are found in the cell membrane. Phosphotidylcholine, Phosphotidylethalamine, Phosphotidylserine, and phosphatidylinositol and Sphingomyelin which is also phospholipid found in membranes that is but it is not derived from glycerol making it five lipids. These lipids are distributed asymmetrically amongst the…

Phospholipids Phospholipids are a kind of lipid that are well suited to both their biochemical and physiological function. They comprise of a glycerol backbone with a phosphate head and two fatty acid tails. The tails are hydrophobic, meaning that they do not interact with water. When a group of phospholipids come into contact with water they arrange themselves in a bilayer that hides the hydrophobic parts from the aqueous surroundings. This leaves the head of the phospholipid in contact with…

digestion. Part 2: Where Do Digested Food Molecules Go? Most digested food molecules are absorbed in the small intestine and into the bloodstream which then carries the useful molecules around the body to perform various functions. Simple sugars, glycerol, amino acids, and some vitamins are transported around the body and to the liver via the bloodstream. A network of vessels known as the lymphatic system absorbs fatty acids and carry them, along with lymph and white blood cells, throughout…