A triglyceride contains three fatty acids that are composed of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. In a single free fatty acid if there is a hydrogen missing from the carbon chain creating a double bond then it is considered to be unsaturated. Adversely, saturated fat contains no missing hydrogen's. Unsaturated=Okay, Saturated=BAD.
The presence of double bonds creates a "kink" in a fatty acid chain. The more "kinks" there are in the chain, the more unsaturated a lipid is. When there are no double bonds, there are no "kinks" and each fatty acid chain can lie flat, forming a denser substance which is generally solid at room temperature.
Saturated (think butter) = no double bonds --> no kinks --> denser product --> solid at room temp.
Unsaturated (think vegetable oil) = double bonds present --> kinks in each chain --> less dense --> liquid at room temp.
A fatty acid can be either saturated or unsaturated, depending on how hydrogenated it is.
Saturated fatty acids are fatty acids that contain exclusively carbon-carbon single bonds along the fatty acid chain. Unsaturated fatty acids contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. They release less energy during metabolism than saturated fatty acids.
Saturated fats, refers to a fat with a chemical nature in which the carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms and do not contain double bonds between carbon atoms. Saturated fat is typically solid at room temperature while unsaturated fats are liquids.
It possesses no C=C double bonds, all Carbon atoms in the chain being saturated with Hydrogen atoms.
fatty acids have fewer hydrogen atoms because there is at least one double bond between carbon atoms.
Because fats are having double bond and triple bonds so they are known as unsaturated fatty acids.
double carbon carbon bonds
unsaturated
A fatty acid contains double bonding within its carbon
The bent structure in unsaturated fatty acids arises due to the presence of the double bonds.
Because fats are having double bond and triple bonds so they are known as unsaturated fatty acids.
double carbon carbon bonds
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
unsaturated
an unsaturated fatty acid that has been changed to a saturated fatty acid
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain.Saturated fatty acids have no double bonds between the carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain and are thus fully saturated with hydrogen atoms.(Wikipedia)
In unsaturated fats, the fatty acid chain is missing some atoms of hydrogen.
A fatty acid contains double bonding within its carbon