Categories: All - fats - triglycerides

by maddalena luraghi 6 years ago

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TRIGLYCERIDES

TRIGLYCERIDES

TRIGLYCERIDES (storage function)

FATTY ACIDS

UNSATURED
at least one double bond

OILS

from plants, LIQUID at room temperature, lower m.p. and b.p.

SATURED
only single bonds between C atoms

FATS

HIGH PACKAGING

animal, SOLID at room temperature, higher m.p. and b.p.

carboxilic acids - COOH
these chains are also called TAILS and are hydrophobic

Glycerol

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