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If you mean triglycerides which is the fat most people talk about then its glycerol and fatty acids.
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∙ 14y agoGlycerol and three fatty acids.
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Give two ways fatty acid molecules differ?
differ from what?
What is volatile fatty acid number?
No one fatty acid is volatile.
What are the two parts that each fat molecule is made up of?
Fat molecules are made up of glycerol linked to fatty acids.
What pattern does appear in the fatty acid molecules regarding the number of oxygen atoms?
The atoms are proportion is the pattern that is found in the fatty acid molecules. There are two oxygen atoms found.
Is hydrochloric acid a fatty acid?
No, hydrochloric acid is not a fatty acid.It is a mineral acid. A fatty acid is that acid which has carboxyllic group attached to a long aliphatic chain. The aliphatic chain may or may not be saturated.
What two parts make up a lipid?
a glycerol and 3 fatty acids for a generic fat. a phosphate group, glycerol and two fatty acid chains for a phospholipid...
Is a unsaturated fatty acid a carbohydrate?
No. It is what it says it is: a fatty acid. You are correct in that it has carbon but the structures of the two are different.
What is a fatty acid with two or more points of unsaturation?
A fatty acid with two or more points of unsaturation is a polyunsaturated fat. Unsaturated fatty acids are typically found in vegetable sources.
Are some fats essential for normal functioning?
There are two essential fatty acids that humans need to receive from food. All other fatty acids our bodies can make. The two essential fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) and linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid). Below is the previous answer: the join of two distinct points is a line
What is a Fatty acid with two double bonds?
polyunsaturated.
Explain amino fatty acid in the body?
Amino acids are the building blocks of a protein. Fatty acid is involved in formation of fats. Fatty acid and glycerol are two things that makes up a fat molecule.
Is olive oil an essential fatty acid?
No, it's not a fatty acid or essential fatty acid.
What part of the phospholipid is nonpolar?
the two fatty acid tails
Is sucrose a fatty acid?
Sucrose is not a fatty acid.
What molecules with two fatty acid chains and a phosphate group that form biological membranes?
A phospholipid has 2 fatty acid chains and a phosphate group.
Give two examples of omega-3 fatty acid?
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexanoic acid (DHA)
What type of fatty acid is a propanoic acid?
Propionic acis is not a fatty acid.
