Showing metabocard for TG(15:0/15:0/15:0) (MMDBc0047407)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2021-11-19 15:23:56 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-01 01:44:55 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0047407
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
TG(15:0/15:0/15:0)
Description
TG(15:0/15:0/15:0) is a tripentadecanoic acid triglyceride. Triglycerides (TGs or TAGs) are also known as glycerol tripentadecanoate or triacylglycerols or triacylglycerides, meaning that they are glycerides in which the glycerol is esterified with three fatty acid groups (i.e. fatty acid trimesters of glycerol). TGs may be divided into three general types with respect to their acyl substituents. They are simple or monoacid if they contain only one type of fatty acid, diacid if they contain two types of fatty acids and triacid if three different acyl groups. Chain lengths of the fatty acids in naturally occurring triglycerides can be of varying lengths and saturations but 16, 18 and 20 carbons are the most common. TG(15:0/15:0/15:0), in particular, consists of one chain of pentadecanoic acid at the C-1 position, one chain of pentadecanoic acid at the C-2 position and one chain of pentadecanoic acid at the C-3 position. TGs are the main constituent of vegetable oil and animal fats. TGs are major components of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and chylomicrons, play an important role in metabolism as energy sources and transporters of dietary fat. They contain more than twice the energy (9 kcal/g) of carbohydrates and proteins. In the intestine, triglycerides are split into glycerol and fatty acids (this process is called lipolysis) with the help of lipases and bile secretions, which can then move into blood vessels. The triglycerides are rebuilt in the blood from their fragments and become constituents of lipoproteins, which deliver the fatty acids to and from fat cells among other functions. Various tissues can release the free fatty acids and take them up as a source of energy. Fat cells can synthesize and store triglycerides. When the body requires fatty acids as an energy source, the hormone glucagon signals the breakdown of the triglycerides by hormone-sensitive lipase to release free fatty acids. As the brain cannot utilize fatty acids as an energy source, the glycerol component of triglycerides can be converted into glucose for brain fuel when it is broken down. (www.cyberlipid.org, www.wikipedia.org
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