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Fats and Oils
What are the functions of fats and oils in the body? |
Insulation
- Long term energy store |
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Fats and Oils
How do fats and Oils differ? |
They have different melting points.
m.t.p above room temp = fat (ex. butter)
m.t.p below room temp = oil (ex. olive oil) |
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Fats and Oils
What are triglycerides? |
They are triesters of an alcohol - propane-1,2,3-triol (glycerol) and three fatty acid molecules. |
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Fats and Oils
Draw the structure of a triglyceride |
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Fats and Oils
What are fatty acids? |
Long chain carboxylic acids. |
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Fats and Oils
What are unsaturated fatty acids? |
Fatty acids without any double bonds. |
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Fats and Oils
What are saturated fatty acids? |
Fatty acids with one or more double bond(s). |
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Fats and Oils
Explain how to use shorthand for the structure of fatty acids. |
1) The first number indicates the number of Carbon atoms
2) The second number indicates the number of double bonds
3) The number in the brackets indicates the position of the double bond. |
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Fats and Oils
What is the shorthand for the following fatty acid? |
18:2 (9,12)
Octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid |
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Fats and Oils
Describe the structure of a triglyceride |
Triglycerides are triesters with three fatty acids joined to each of the alcohol groups on glycerol through an ester linkage. |
