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When needed for a source of energy fatty acids are broken down in glucose?
fat is broken down into fatty acids
What are fatty acids in the tale of a phospholipid molecules are?
Lipids. Fats that you take in from your food is used to build membranes. Membranes can be represented by models such as The Fluid Mosaic Model, which displays the phospholipid bilayr, and other tissues on the membrane.The fatty acids in the tail of a phospholipid molecule are non-polar and hydrophobic.Polyunsaturated fatty acids, Saturated fatty acids, Monounsaturated fatty acidsLauric Acid, Myristic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Oleic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid , Arachidonic Acid
Why do red blood cells require glucose rather than fatty acids or amino acids as an energy source?
Absence of mitochondrion
What describes a fatty acid that has one point of unsaturation?
Monounsaturated
What are unsaturated fatty acids?
Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids that have double bonds in their long carbon chains.
Are essential fatty acids polyunsaturated fatty acids?
Yes, and also monounsaturated fatty acids. The saturated fat is the bad fat.
Fatty acids with room for four or more hydrogen atoms?
A monounsaturated fatty acid or MUFA
What kind of fat is olive oil and canola oil?
both contain high levels of monounsaturated fatty acids
What What are made up of fatty acids?
Fatty acids are made of two things: hydrocarbon chainsand a carboxyl group.Fatty acids can be saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated, the difference lying in bonds found within a fatty acid. A saturated fatty acid contains a maximum number of hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon chains. A polyunsaturated fatty acid or monounsaturated fatty acid is one that does not contain all possible hydrogen atoms. Monounsaturated fatty acids contain one carbon-carbon double bond in their hydrocarbon chain. Polyunsaturated fatty acids contain more than one.
What is monosaturate fats?
Monounsaturated fats are fatty acids that have one double bond in the fatty acid chain. Monounsaturated fats have a positive impact on the health of human beings.
Name two sources of monounsaturated fatty acids?
Olive oil, and Canola oil
What is the composition of fats?
Fats are composed of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids
What is the predominant type of fatty acid found in olive or cannola oil?
Olive oil contains approximately 77 percent monounsaturated, 9 percent polyunsaturated and 9 percent saturated fatty acids, and being mostly monounsaturated, it is classified as a monounsaturated oil.
What is the main nutrient in fat and oil?
Fats and oils are composed of Fatty Acid chains which are themselves the source of energy for the cell. by breaking down the fatty acids the cell releases energy which produces ATP.
Naturally occurring fats contain fatty acids in what formation?
Primarily tricycerides, in which a glycerol molecule bonds to three fatty acids.
Is safflower oil a rich source of polyunsaturated fatty acids?
Not really. Both do contain saturated fats, but the primary components are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Olive oil, for example, is about three-quarters monounsaturated fat, with the remaining quarter divided about equally between saturated and polyunsaturated fat.
When needed for a source of energy fatty acids are broken down in glucose?
fat is broken down into fatty acids
