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Q: Why is palmitic acid considered to be a saturated lipid?
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What is a common dietary saturated fatty acid?

palmitic acid, stearic acid


What type of lipid is stearic acid?

saturated fatty acid


Is Palmitic Acid solid or liquid at room temperature?

Saturated - It has no double bonds


What is the Difference between saturated and unsaturated lipid?

The difference is related to which long chain fatty acid is incorporated. If it is a fatty acid that has double bonds, then it is an unsaturated lipid. If it contains fatty acids that have no double bonds, then it is a saturated lipid.


Which Fatty acid is a saturated fatty acid is it arachidonic or linoleic or oleic or stearic or linolenic?

SATURATED FATTY ACIDS: Butyric Caproic Caprylic Capric Lauric Myristic Palmitic Stearic Arachidic Behenic Lignoceric


What kind of lipid does each carbon atom in a lipid's fatty acid chain join with another carbon atom by a single bond?

saturated


What are 5 saturated fats?

Butyric acid (butter), lauric acid (coconut oil, palm oil), myristic acid (cow's milk and dairy products), palmitic acid (palm oil and meats), and stearic acid (cocoa butter and meats).


Will Palmitic acid repel water?

no


Does palmitic acid dissolve in water?

No, it does not.


Explain the difference between saturated and unsaturated lipids?

The difference is related to which long chain fatty acid is incorporated. If it is a fatty acid that has double bonds, then it is an unsaturated lipid. If it contains fatty acids that have no double bonds, then it is a saturated lipid.


If there are all single bonds between what in the fatty acid chain then it is said to be?

... a saturated fatty acid: general formula: CH3(CH2)2nCOOH, with n = 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.


Example of a unsaturated fat?

Palmitic acid