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Lipids
One of a family of compounds, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, that are insoluble in water
Fat
A biological compounds consisting of three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule
Fatty Acid
A long carbon chain carboxylic acid. Fatty acids vary in length and in the number and location of double bonds; three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule form fat
Triacylglycerol
Three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule
Saturated Fatty Acid
A fatty acid in which all carbons in the hydrocarbon tail are connected by single bonds, thus maximizing the number hydrogen atoms that can attach to the carbon skeleton
Unsaturated Fatty Acid
A fatty acid possessing one or more double bonds between the carbons in the hydrocarbon tail. Such bonding reduces the number of hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon skeleton
Phospholipid
A molecule that is a consistent of the inner bilayer of biological membranes, having polar, hydrophilic head and a nonpolar, hydrophobic tail
Steroid
A type of lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings with various functional groups attached
Cholesterol
A steroid that forms an essential component of animal cell membranes and acts as a precursor molecule for the synthesis of other biologically important steroids
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