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Lipids |
One of a family of compounds, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, that are insoluble in water |
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Fat |
A biological compounds consisting of three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule |
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Fatty Acid |
A long carbon chain carboxylic acid. Fatty acids vary in length and in the number and location of double bonds; three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule form fat |
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Triacylglycerol |
Three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule |
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Saturated Fatty Acid |
A fatty acid in which all carbons in the hydrocarbon tail are connected by single bonds, thus maximizing the number hydrogen atoms that can attach to the carbon skeleton |
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Unsaturated Fatty Acid |
A fatty acid possessing one or more double bonds between the carbons in the hydrocarbon tail. Such bonding reduces the number of hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon skeleton |
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Phospholipid |
A molecule that is a consistent of the inner bilayer of biological membranes, having polar, hydrophilic head and a nonpolar, hydrophobic tail |
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Steroid |
A type of lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings with various functional groups attached |
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Cholesterol |
A steroid that forms an essential component of animal cell membranes and acts as a precursor molecule for the synthesis of other biologically important steroids |
