Foods and Nutrition 1030E Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nutrient, Cereal Germ, Lipoprotein

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Lipid family: triglycerides (fats and oils, phospholipids, sterols. Triglycerides/fatty acids: lipids composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, triglycerides, each contains one molecule of glycerol, 3 fatty acids, fatty acids may be 4-24 carbons long (even numbers, fatty acids may be saturated/unsaturated. Fatty acids: organic acids, chain of carbons w/ hydrogens attached, acid group (cooh) at one end and methyl group (ch3) at another. Chain length: even numbers of carbon, 18-carbon fatty acids most abundant in food, long chain: 14-24 carbons, medium chain: 6-12 carbons, short chain: less than 6 carbons. Location of double bond: omega: used to refer position of first double bond from the methyl group end of fatty acid, omega-3 (linolenic acid, omega-6 (linoleic acid, omega-9. Triglycerides: three fatty acids attached to glycerol molecule, formed via condensation reactions, h atom from glycerol and oh group from fatty acid combine to create water, co bond forms. Mostly saturated fats: coconut oil, butter, palm oil.

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