Lipids consist of a glycerol molecule linked with at least one and a maximum of three fatty acids.<\/p>\n
Lipids are molecules which contain a glycerol molecule, a carbohydrate, and at least one fatty acid. <\/p>\n
Glycerol has three ##”OH”## groups, which allow fatty acids – which have a ##”COOH”## group – to link to them with a condensation reaction. <\/p>\n
A condensation reaction is a reaction between an ##”OH”## group and a ##”COOH”## group, which links the two molecules together, splitting off a molecule of water:<\/p>\n
##”R”-“COOH” + “HO”-“R” -> “R”-“COC”-“R” + “H”_2″O”##<\/p>\n
A glycerol molecule, which looks like this:<\/p>\n
##”C”-“OH”## ##|## ##”C”-“OH”## ##|## ##”C”-“OH”##<\/p>\n
can link with a maximum of three fatty acids, which look like this:<\/p>\n
##”HOOC”-“R”## (##”R”## being a rest group)<\/p>\n
Glycerol can also link with proteins or carbohydrates, resulting in different forms of lipids. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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