Lipid Structure

Composed of glycerol and fatty acids:

• Glycerol:

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• Fatty acids:

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Both of these molecules are bined together in a condensation reaction by breaking taking a H from one of glycerol's OH group and taking the whole OH group from a fatty acid.

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This process can happen three times, as…