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Fatty acids are one of the components of triglycerides. A triglyceride is made up of three long fatty acids chains, each of them attached to the same glycerol molecule - the part that holds the triglyceride together.
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∙ 13y agoWell the short answer is fatty acids are lipids. The confusion comes in when you look at something like triacylglcyerides and you wonder is that a lipid and a fatty acid something else? Triacylglycerides is molecule, lipid, that arises from storage of fatty acids through esterfication processes to a glycerol molecule. TAG's are found found in adipose tissue which is body fat and the main storage site for lipids. When you break down adipose tissue to use it for energy the TAG's get hydrolyzed to form three free fatty acids that can be oxidized for energy production. I said all that to show that a fatty acid is a lipid.
This was just one example of how fatty acids are us to make larger neutral or structurally important lipids. Phospholipids are essential components of cell membranes but if you look up there structures you will find that fatty acids are the key components. So think of fatty acids as a way to both get energy and to build other lipid molecules.
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∙ 14y agohttp://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/oct/09/health-matters-explains-difference-between-cholest/
I have been wondering the same exact question, however by looking at this website it appears that Triglycerides are just 1 form of a Fatty Acid.
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∙ 13y agoA fatty acid is a carbon chain in lipids A lipid is a large, nonpolar, organic molecule. Most lipids contain fatty acids. This is a big help on the Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Modern Biology Worksheet "Biochemistry" on question #17.
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∙ 9y agoThey are different class of lipids. Phospho lips do carry phosphates coupled with lipids. wheras trigycerides are the regular fat/lipid.
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∙ 13y agoLipids are fats, while triglycerides are an ester made from glycerol and three fatty acids.
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What do you call the combination of 3 fatty acid?
A triglyceride. Or more commonly soap.
What is the basic structure of a triglyceride?
gycerol bound to 3 fatty acid is triglyceride..gylcerol a 3 carbon skeleton with a hydroxyl group attached to each carbon, Fatty acid= a caboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton the function triglyceride is to store energy in form of fatty acids, most efficient and compact way of storing energy
The formation of an ester bond between glycerol and a fatty acid in a triglyceride release what molecule?
It is hydrolysis, the hydrolysis in basic medium is also known as the Saponification process.
What is the functional group present in triglyceride molecule?
The actual triglyceride doesn't have any functional groups. They have all been used during the making of the triglyceride. There used to be 3 hydroxyl functional groups on the glycerol backbone, and 3 carboxylic acid functional groups (1 each on the three fatty acids). However, after the fatty acids react (become esterified) with the alcoholic groups on glycerol, there are no more functional groups in the triglyceride.
Is a unsaturated fatty acid a carbohydrate?
No. It is what it says it is: a fatty acid. You are correct in that it has carbon but the structures of the two are different.
What molecule has glycerol and 3 fatty acid?
a triglyceride
What do you call the combination of 3 fatty acid?
A triglyceride. Or more commonly soap.
Triglyceride in which one fatty acid is replaced by a polar phosphate group?
phospholipid
What is the basic structure of a triglyceride?
gycerol bound to 3 fatty acid is triglyceride..gylcerol a 3 carbon skeleton with a hydroxyl group attached to each carbon, Fatty acid= a caboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton the function triglyceride is to store energy in form of fatty acids, most efficient and compact way of storing energy
When there is a chemical reation between 3 fatty acid molecules and 1 glycerol molecule combine to form fat what is this reaction called?
Triglyceride
What has glycerol and 3 fatty acid?
This is a description of the general class of macromolecule called a triglyceride.
Are fatty acids a type of fat?
Strictly speaking, no they are not. When a fatty acid is reacted with glycerine and forms the triglyceride then it is a fat or oil.
How ar phospholipid different from from triglyceride?
One of the glycerine ester bonding sites is taken by a phosphate group and this allows only two fatty acid tails in the phospholipid molecule.
What type of lipid is triolein?
Trioelein is a triglyceride. It is derived from glycerol and three units of the unsaturated and oleic acid. Oleic acid is a fatty acid.
What kind of lipid forms when glycerol combines with fatty acid through dehydration synthesis?
triglyceride
What kind of lipid forms when a glycerol combines with fatty acid through dehydration synthesis?
triglyceride
How to write the formula for a lipid breakdown?
triglyceride + 3H2O --> glycerol + 3 fatty acid chains
