Animation on Lipid Digestion & Absorption

[E.S.Prakash]

Year 2 Students:

Here is an animation on Lipid Digestion -
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp50/5002001.html
[click on the Animation Tab; the Tutorial might take a while to load
depending on speed of your internet connection]

Please pay particular attention to the description of "emulsification"
of triacylglycerols; i.e. large, lipid soluble (or water insoluble
triacylglycerol molecules) are dispersed by amphipathic phospholipids
(lecithin) and bile salts into smaller micelles which have an external
hydrophilic portion to interface with pancreatic lipase (a water
soluble enzyme).

Also at http://nutrition.jbpub.com/resources/animations.cfm# view the
Animation - Absorption of Triglycerides

Details tomorrow in the lecture,

Prakash