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The breakdown of lipids in the body is essential for certain biological processes to take place. Such biological processes include the absorption of nutrients and the generation of energy. Lipids are broken down by enzymes in various parts of the body.
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What Glycerol is produced from the breakdown?
Glycerol is produced from the breakdown of lipids which are fats or oils
Glycerol is produced from the breakdown of what?
Glycerol is produced from the breakdown of lipids which are fats or oils
What contains most energy protein lipids or carbohydrates?
lipids to quote my Bio textbook "...the breakdown of lipds ields more than twice the energy of carbohydrate breakdown."
What type of molecules are made when lipase catalyses the breakdown of fats?
Catalyses the breakdown of lipids (fat molecules) into fatty acid and glycerol molecules
Enzyme in saliva?
There are two. Salivary amylase is an enzyme that begins the enzymatic breakdown of starches and lingual lipase which begins the enzymatic breakdown of lipids.
What are the breakdown products of carbohydrates lipids and proteins?
fatty acids are the breakdown products of fats.
Which enzyme the hydrolyzes protein?
Amylase hydrolyzes carbohydrates, lipases breakdown lipids/fats, and proteases break down protein.
What enzyme digests lipids?
Lipids are digested by lipases.A lipase is an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of a lipid (triglyceride) molecule into one molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acid.
What 3 things make glucose for organisms?
For animals, the three sources are breakdown of starch, glycogen, and synthesis from lipids. Plants make glucose from photosynthesis.
Why do people with gallstones have difficulty digesting certain foods?
Gallstones block the bile duct preventing bile from entering the small intestine. Bile is needed to physically breakdown lipids
What nmacromolecule is not organized in repeating units of monomers?
That are the lipids. They have fatty acids and glucerols
What excretory product are eliminated through the seed of groundnuts?
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