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What do fatty acids attach to in a triglyceride?

They attach, via ester bonds, to the glycerol (glycerine) backbone.


Alcohol in a triglyceride that three fatty acid chains attach to?

Triglycerides = 3 fatty acids + glycerolGlycerol (also named glycerin or glycerine) has the structural formula of:HOCH2-CH2-CH(OH)-CH2-CH2OHAnd thus you can see the three alcohol groups to which the fatty acid chains are attached to.


What is the alcohol found in a triglyceride?

There is no alcohol in a triglyceride, but one is produced when it is hydrolysed. This alcohol is glycerol.


What is a simple triglyceride and A mixed triglyceride?

A simple triglyceride contains three identical acyl chains, whereas a mixed triglyceride has more than one type acyl chain.


In the triglyceride molecule shown below what molecule are the fatty acids attached to?

Glycerol


What are the monomers of triglyceride?

The monomers of triglyceride are glycerol and fatty acids. Glycerol is a three-carbon molecule with hydroxyl groups, and fatty acids are long hydrocarbon chains with a carboxylic acid group at one end. When these two components combine through dehydration synthesis, they form a triglyceride molecule with three fatty acid chains attached to the glycerol backbone.


What are components of fats?

Fats are composed of fatty acids, which are chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms. They also contain glycerol, a type of alcohol that connects the fatty acids together to form triglycerides. Different types of fats can vary in the length and saturation of their fatty acid chains.


A lipid has three long chains of fatty acids and what else?

A lipid has three long chains of fatty acids and one molecule of glycerol


What is the component needed to synthesise a triglyceride?

The components needed to synthesize a triglyceride are glycerol and fatty acids. Glycerol provides the backbone structure, while the fatty acids (saturated or unsaturated) attach to the glycerol molecules via ester linkages to form the triglyceride molecule.


An alcohol that reacts with fatty acids to form fats?

Glycerol is an alcohol that can react with fatty acids through a process called esterification to form fats or triglycerides. This reaction forms ester bonds between the glycerol molecule and three fatty acid chains, resulting in the creation of a fat molecule.


Glycerol with three fatty acids attached is referred to as?

Three fatty acids attached to one glycerol molecule is called a triglyceride.


How is a triglyceride formed?

A triglyceride is made of three long chain fatty acids (hydrocarbons) attached to one molecule of glycerol. The number of hydrocarbons in the chains determine the nature of the triglyceride; all three chains may be the same length, or each a different length.