Enye indlela yokuhlukanisa amafutha yiyo ukuthi igcwele kangakanani (i-monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, noma igcwele). Enye indlela ukuthi i-molecule ihlala isikhathi eside kangakanani, noma, ngokunembile, zingaki ama-athomu e-carbon athungwini oluphakathi kwesikhulumi. Ngamunye walawa ma-molecule ubizwa ngokuthi i-fatty acid, futhi amafutha ahlukahlukene ahlukene asetshenziswa ngumzimba ngezindlela ezahlukene.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi, ngenkathi sijwayele ukucabanga, isibonelo, amafutha agcwele, "konke okukodwa", wonke amafutha ahlukahlukene ahlukahlukene, kusukela ku-3 athomu kabhaksi kuze kufike kuma-athomu angu-36 e-carbon, enza ngokungafani emzimbeni wethu. (I- monounsaturated ne- polyunsaturated nayo inezinketho ezihlukene zamaketanga, kodwa ayikho into ehambelana nezigaba "eziphakathi kwe-chain" noma "chain chain".)
Ama-acids e-medium-chain acety ane-athomu angu-8 kuya ku-12 e-carbon (eminye imithombo ithi 6 kuya ku-12). Uma "zihlanganiswe" ezintathu kanye ne-glycerol "backbone" kwenza i-molecule ye-triglyceride eyaziwa ngokuthi i -triglyceride eyi-chain chain .
Izinzuzo
Amafutha angaphakathi-chain anamathela kalula egazini ngesikhathi sokugaya futhi asetshenziselwa kalula amandla ngomzimba. Uma i-metabolized, ama- ketone akhiqizwa, angasetshenziswa ubuchopho, inhliziyo, nezinye izicubu emzimbeni.
Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi i-triglycerides ephakathi kwe-chain ingaba yi-antimicrobial, futhi nokuthi ingasiza ekulawuleni isisindo nangezinye izimo ze-neurological.
Imithombo yama-Medium-Chain Amafutha
Amafutha kakhukhunathi, i-palm kernel amafutha, nobisi lwekakhukhunathi yizinto zokudla okude kakhulu ezinamafutha aphakathi. I-chocolate nayo iyimithombo yamafutha aphakathi. Amafutha e-MCT akhiqizwa ngokukhipha ama-triglyceride ophakathi phakathi kakhukhunathi kanye / noma amafutha omnqumo, ngakho-ke yiyona ndlela egxile kakhulu kulolu hlobo lwamafutha.
Izibonelo: i- Lauric acid ne-decanoic acid yizibonelo zama-fatty acid acids.