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Triglycerides are tri-esters of glycerol and fatty acids.
More simply, they are animal fats and vegetable oils.
Glycerol is made up of a 3 carbon backbone, each with a hydroxl (-OH) functional group attached.
CH2-OH
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CH2-OH
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CH2-OH
Fatty acids are long chain carboxylic acids.
They attach to the Glycerol molecule via an ester linkage to form Triglyceride
O
CH2-O-C-/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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CH2-O-C-/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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CH2-O-C-/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
(note: structures not completely accurate)
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