Lipids
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- Created on: 02-05-16 19:41
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- Lipids
- Form ester bonds
- Triglycerides
- One glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid chains
- Has an ester bond between each fatty acid and glycerol
- Used as energy storage in animals & plants
- Saturated Fatty Acid
- Has NO double bonds
- Unsaturated Fatty Acid
- Has at LEAST 1 double bond
- Phospholipids
- Has a phosphate group, glycerol molecule & 2 fatty acid tails
- In cell membranes
- Cholesterol
- In phospholipid bilayer
- Has a hydrocarbon ring attached to a hydrocarbon tail and a OH group
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