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Butter 10 29 9 27 4 31
Animal
Lard 2 30 18 41 6 5
Fat
Beef 3 32 25 38 3 2
Corn 1 10 4 34 48 4
Soybea - 7 3 25 56 9
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Plant Oil
Peanut - 7 5 60 21 7
Olive 1 6 4 83 7 -
SOME ESSENTIAL OIL & THEIR SOURCES
Essential Oils Source
Limonene Peel of citrus fruits
Vanillin Vanilla orchis
Zingeberene Ginger
Eugenol Oil of cloves
Cinnamaldehyde Cinnamon oil
Menthol Peppermint
Methylsalicylate Oil of winter green (extracted from the
bark of birch tree)
WAXES – are esters of fatty acids
(longer alcohol molecules)
-- used as lubricants, polishers and
ointments
-- usually occur in nature as protective
covering on plants (Ex. gabi plants)
SOME NATURALLY OCCURRING WAXES
NAME SOURCE USE
Beewax Honey comb of bees Production of cosmetics,
ointments, and candies
Lanolin Wool Production of ointments and
cream
Spermaceti Sperm whale Production of ointments,
cream and candies
Carnauba Palm leaves Production of floor and auto
wax
STERIOD – another class of lipids whose
molecules are composed of fused rings
of atoms.
Cholesterol – helps to the
fluidity in cell membranes and
therefore aids in the transport of
materials.
-- most important factor in the
formation of synapse.
-- used by animals to synthesize
other steroid like testosterone &
estrogen.
harmful to the body because it causes
heart ailment.
BILE SALT – an emulsifier in digestive
system.
-- it is made in the liver, stored in
the gallbladder and goes to the small
intestine.
-- breaks fat into smaller globules,
thus hastening digestion.
SEX HORMONES
-- triggers off a response which
makes the cell undergo a special
process.
-- Ex. Estrogen and Androgen
PROTEINS
are the most abundant organic
compound in living cells.
made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
and nitrogen atom. Sulfur, phosphorus
and iron may also be present.
amino acids as fundamental building
blocks.
Sources: egg white, fish , meat and
cheese
second to the most common molecules
found in the human body.
of the 20 amino acids found in the
human protein, only 11 can be
synthesized by the by the body and 9
have to be supplied by the food we eat.
– essential amino acids.
Adults – obtain valine, isoleucine,
leucine, lysine, methionine,
phenylalanine, threonine and
tryptophan.
Histidine – essential for infants.
ENZYMES is a type of protein
-- it is also known as biological
catalysts.