BIOL 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Triglyceride, Hydrophile, Glycogen

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3. 4 lipids are mostly hydrophobic and are heterogeneous in structure & Lipids are composed predominantly of hydrogen and carbon atoms held together by nonpolar covalent bonds. The defining feature of lipids is that they are nonpolar and therefore insoluble in water. 40% of the organic matter in our bodies. Fats are a mixture of triglycerides also known as triacylglycerol"s. Consist of glycerol bonded to three fatty acids joined by dehydration reactions. Fatty acids are chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms with a carboxyl group on the end: carboxyl group releases a hydrogen ion in water and the results are called fatty acids. Dehydration reaction: each of the three hydroxyl group (oh) in glycerol is linked to the carboxyl group of a fatty acid by the removal of a molecule of water (resulting bonds are ester bonds) Fatty acids in lipids can differ in length, and presence of double bonds.

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