are hydrophobic and insoluble in water
Types of Lipids
- fatty acid (monomer)
- Glycerolipid or Acylglycerol or Glyceride
- Glycerophospholipid or Phospholipid
- wax
- sphingolipid
- sterol lipid
- steroid
- prenol lipid
- saccharolipid - compounds in which fatty acids are linked directly to a sugar backbone
- polyketide