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What is the group of chemicals that contains fats waxes and steriods?

Lipids


Fats oils waxes and steroids are collectively called?

Fats, oilds, waxes, and steroids are collectively called lipids


Class of lipids which includes cholesterol and sex hormones?

steroids... The steroids are a group of lipids with no fatty acids. This group includes cholesterol, Bile Salts, and steroid hormones (which includes sex hormones).


Are lipids organic?

Yes, lipids are organic compounds. They are a diverse group of molecules that include fats, oils, waxes, and steroids, all of which contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in their structure.


Subunits of lipids?

triglycerides, phospholipids, waxes, and steroids


Which type of lipid does NOT contain fatty acids as one of the component parts?

Lipid is a heterogeneous group of compound which are soluble in organic solvents but in soluble in water. Important groups of lipids are fats , oils, triacyl glycerol; phospholipids, waxes and terpenes including steroids and carotenoids.This last group ie carotenoids and steroids is the lipid that are not made up of fatty acid but they are composed of isoprenoid units, their examples are cholestrole and red pigment carotin of carrots.


What are subunits of Lipids?

Lipids are a group of hydrophobic chemical structures comprised of fats, oils, steroids, phospholipids, and waxes. The basic subunits of most of these are fatty acids, which have a hydrocarbon backbone and a carboxyl group at one end.


Cholestorol is a type of lipid?

Cholesterol is a type of lipid. Lipids are a group of hydrophobic molecules, which includes fats, oils, waxes, phospholipids, steroids, cholesterol, and some other related compounds.


In what food can you find lipids?

lipids are fat, oil, waxes and steroids you can find them in butter, fatty meats, and other foods that contain high fat or oil.


What do oils fats and waxes all contain?

They all contain glycerol.


What makes lip stick?

Things such as waxes and pigment chemicals.


What are the subcategories of Lipids?

the main categories of lipids are -1- simple lipids ( fatty acid + alchol ) -2- conjugated Lipid ( FA + Alchol + Another group ) they contain ( phospho lipids - sphingo lipids- Glyco lipids ) -3- derived lipids : they are the hydrolytic products of the 1&2 i.e FA ,Alchol ...Etc Or steroids like cholesterol