fatty acids
Fatty acids (apex)
A glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules.
To form a molecule of fat, the two types of molecules that are needed are glycerol and fatty acid. One glycerol molecule attaching itself to three molecules of fatty acid will give one molecule of fat.
1 glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid molecules.
Subunits of fats are glycerol and fatty acids. Each fat molecule comprises of 1 molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acids.
There are 3 carbon atoms in one molecule of glycerol.
A triglycerol is not the same as a tryglyceride. Be careful. Triglycerol is essentially 3 glycerol molecules hooked together by ether bonds. A triglyceride is a glycerol molecule with 3 fatty acids attached via ester bonds (it is a lipid).
Fat molecules are made up of a molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids. The fatty acids each consist of a hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end, while the glycerol molecule has three hydroxyl groups that interact with each carboxyl.
Three fatty acids are added to a glycerol molecule to form a triglyceride molecule. This process involves the removal of three water molecules, resulting in ester linkages between the fatty acids and the glycerol.
The end products of fat digestion are fatty acids and glycerol.
Three water molecules will be removed to form a triglyceride composed of three fatty acid chains and one glycerol molecule. One molecule of water is removed for each bond between a fatty acid and the glycerol molecule, for a total of three water molecules removed.
Glycerol and 3 Fatty acids