Intern:Hopanoids in PANGAEA

This is a work in progress page. Hopanoid lipids are commonly used biomarkers and molecular clocks for evolutionary times ("molecular fossils").

=Definition= Follows. Hopanoid lipids play a similar role in prokaryots, as sterol lipids (e.g. cholesterol) do in eukaryots.

The differences and similarities between hopanoids and sterol lipids are listed in the following table:

=Information ressources and databases= Campro Scientific brochure about C30-hopanes, brochure overview
 * Hopanoids information at Lipidhome/Lipidweb
 * Hopanoids [PR04 in Lipid Maps Structure Database (LMSD) ]
 * Wiki-page about hopanoids
 * Campro Scientific brochure about C31-C35 homohopanes, brochure overview