Lipids

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What 3 elements do lipids contain?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
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What is the most common type of lipid?
Triglyceride
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What are triglycerides made up of?
3 fatty acid chains and glycerol
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What are fatty acid chains?
chains of carbon atoms, the terminal one having an OOH group attached making a carboxylic group (COOH)
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What reaction attaches fatty acid and glycerol?
Condensation reaction because 3 water molecules are formed
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What is the bond called between the fatty acid and glycerol?
Ester Linkage
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What makes a fatty acid saturated?
If there are no CC double bonds
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What makes a fatty acid unsaturated?
If there are CC double bonds
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What are functions of lipids?
Storage, high energy store, production of metabolic water, thermal insulation, electrical insulation, waterproofing, hormone production, buoyancy
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What is the test for lipids?
Emulsion
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What are phospholipids?
A phosphate group and a fatty acid chain. A hydrophillic head and hydrophobic tail forms a phosopholipid bilayer
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