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Short Cuts to the Lipid Classes described in "Lipid Essentials"

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acylamino acids acyl carrier protein (ACP) acyl-adenylates acyl-ceramide (1-O-) acyl-CoA acyl-glycosides acyl-phosphates acyl-phosphatidylglycerol acyl-serotonin acyl-taurines aldehydes, bioactive alkyl cyanides alkyldiacylglycerols alkylphosphocholines alkylresorcinols amides (simple fatty) anacardic acids anandamide arabidopsides arachidonoyldopamine 2-arachidonoylglycerol Archaeal ether lipids ascarosides arsenolipids betaine lipids bile acids bis(monoacylglycero) phosphate bis-phosphatidic acid brassinosteroids butenolides capnine and capnoids capsaicin cardiolipin cardiolipin - glucosyl carnitine + acylcarnitine carotenoids cellobiose lipids ceramides ceramide-1-phosphate ceramide 2-aminoethylphosphonate ceramide phosphoethanolamine ceramide phosphoglycerol ceramide phosphoinositol ceramide phosphomannose cerebrosides chlorosulfolipids cholesterol cholesterol esters cholesterol glycosides cholesterol sulfate coenzyme A coenzyme Q colneleic acid core-aldehydes - oxidatively truncated phospholipids crasserides cyanolipids cyclohexyl fatty acids cyclopentenyl fatty acids cyclopropenyl fatty acids cyclopropyl fatty acids cyclic phosphatidic acid cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol daptomycin 1-deoxyceramide-1-sulfonate 1-deoxy-sphingoid bases diabolic acids diacylglycerol diacylglyceryl-trimethylhomoserine (DGTS) diepoxide - (formerly dioxolane) digalactosyldiacylglycerol dimethyl-phosphatidylethanolamine diphosphatidylglycerol dolichols dolichol phosphates elovanoids emulsan endocannabinoids eoxins epoxyeicosatrienoic acids ergosterol estolides ethanolamides-acyl ether lipids FAHFA - Fatty Acid esters of Hydroxy Fatty Acids fatty acid phosphates fatty acids - acetylenic fatty acids - branched fatty acids - conjugated fatty acids - cyclic fatty acids - dicarboxylic fatty acids - epoxy fatty acids - furanoid fatty acids - hydroxy fatty acids - keto (oxo) fatty acids - methoxy fatty acids - methylene-interrupted pufa fatty acids - monoenoic straight-chain fatty acids - multimethylene-interrupted pufa fatty acids - nitro fatty acids - saturated straight-chain free (unesterified) fatty acids fumonisin fusaricidins galactosylceramides galactosylceramide phosphocholine gangliosides ghrelin glucosylceramides glucosylceramide phosphoethanolamine glucosyldiacylglycerol glucuronosylceramides glucuronosyldiacylglycerols glutathione-lipid conjugates glycopeptidolipids (Mycobacteria) glycophospholipids glycosylinositol phosphoceramides glycosylphosphatidylinositol(GPI)-anchors hedgehog proteins - cholesterol-linked hemiketal eicosanoids hepoxilins heterocyst glycolipids hexadecenal (trans-2) homoserine lactones hopanoids hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (‘HETE’) hydroxy-nonenal inositol phosphates isofurans isolevuglandins isonitrile lipid isoprostanes iturins jasmonates

lactosylceramides ladderane fatty acids leukotoxin glucuronides leukotrienes levuglandins liamocins (exophilins) lipid A lipid II lipoamino acids (complex) lipoamino acids (simple) lipo-chitooligosaccharides (Nod factors) lipoic acid lipomannans lipopeptides or lipoproteins of bacteria lipophosphoglycans lipopolysaccharides lipoproteins (plasma) lipoteichoic acids lipoxins lysobisphosphatidic acid lysophosphatidic acid lysophosphatidylcholine lysophosphatidylethanolamine lysophosphatidylglucoside lysophosphatidylglycerol lysophosphatidylinositol lysophosphatidylserine lysosulfatide lysyl-diacylglycerol mannosylerythritol lipids mannosyl-phosphomycoketide maradolipids maresins membrane protein integrase (MPIase) monoacylglycerols monogalactosyldiacylglycerol monomethyl-phosphatidylethanolamine mycobactins mycolic acids N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine N-acylphosphatidylserine N-myristoylated proteins N-palmitoyl-O-phosphocholineserine neuroprostanes neuroprotectins octadecanoids (‘HODE’) oleamide oleoylethanolamine oligoglycosylceramides (neutral) ornithine lipids oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid oxylipins oxysterols palmitoylethanolamine phenyl fatty acids phenyl-glycolipids phosphatidic acid phosphatidylcholine phosphatidylethanol phosphatidylethanolamine phosphatidylglucoside phosphatidylglycerol phosphatidylinositol phosphatidylinositol mannosides phosphatidylinositol phosphates phosphatidylserine phosphatidylsulfocholine phosphatidylthreonine phosphoglycolipids phospholipids - oxidized phospholipomannan phosphonolipids phthiocerols phylloquinone (vitamin K) phytoglycosphingolipids phytol phytoprostanes plasmalogens - neutral plasmalogens - phospholipid plastoquinone platelet-activating factor (PAF) polyalkanoates polyglycosyldiacylglycerols polymixins polyprenols prenylated proteins prostacyclins prostaglandins prostamides protectins proteolipids psychosine pyrophosphatidic acid resolvins retinoids (vitamin A) rhamnolipids S-palmitoylated proteins semilysobisphosphatidic acid seminolipid sophorolipids sphingofungins sphingomyelin sphingomyelin - O-acyl sphingoid (long-chain) bases sphingosine-1-phosphate sphingosine phosphocholine SPMs - Specialized Proresolving Mediators squalene steroidal hormones sterol glycosides sterols - plant sulfates - lipid (miscellaneous) sulfatides - glycosphingolipid sulfonolipids sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol surfactin synaptamide - docosahexaenoylethanolamine taurolipids tetrahymanol thromboxanes tocopherols trehalose lipids triacylglycerols ubiquinones undecaprenyl phosphate ustilagic acids virodhamine vitamin A vitamin D vitamin E vitamin K xanthophylls waxes

© Author: William W. Christie
Contact/credits/disclaimer	Updated: March 13th, 2024

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