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Yes, it's complex because it is a polysaccharide.
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∙ 15y agoGlycerol is a 3-carbon compound with chemical formula C3H5(OH)3. Glycerol has three hydrophilic hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature. Glycerol is a sugar alcohol.
Carbohydrate is a group of sugar that has compounds with different carbon numbers with general formula (CH2O)6. Carbohydrates are simple organic compounds that are aldehydes or ketones with many hydroxyl groups added, usually one on each carbon atom that is not part of the aldehyde or ketone functional group.
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∙ 9y agoGlycerol is a type of sugar alcohol while carbohydrates are primarily composed of sugars alone. Glycerol is a 3-carbon compound, while carbohydrates are compounds with multiple carbon numbers.
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∙ 13y agoGlycogen is the by product of broken down carbohydrates while glycerol is the by product of broken down fats. They can both be converted to glucose relatively easily from these states.
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∙ 12y agoGlycerol is a 3-carbon sugar alcohol that has three hydroxyl groups, one on each carbon atom. Fatty acids are carboxylic acids with long hydrocarbon chains attached.
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∙ 6y agoGlycerol contain oxygen.
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In the triglycerides molecules shown below what are the three molecules attached to the glycerol molecules?
FATTY ACIDS APEX
Fats are composed of three fatty acid molecules joined to a molecule of?
glycerol
How many fatty acid molecules are needed to form fat molecule?
You need 1 glycerol molecule and also 3 fatty acids to to make a lipid.
In a lipid synthesis reaction the greatest number of fatty acid molecules that could combine with on glycerol molecule is?
Three
What are the structural units of lipids?
the basic unit off of lipids is glcouse and energy
What 2 types of molecules are needed to form a fat molecule?
To form a molecule of fat, the two types of molecules that are needed are glycerol and fatty acid. One glycerol molecule attaching itself to three molecules of fatty acid will give one molecule of fat.
What molecules is made of glycerol and fatty acid?
lipids
What are the molecular units of fat molecules?
Fatty acid molecules and glycerol molecules.
What two molecules combine to form lipids?
glycerol and carboxylic acid combines to form a lipids.
Triglycerides are composed of what?
1 glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid molecules.
What are digestive enzymes that hydrolyze molecules of fat into fatty acid and glycerol molecules?
lipases
During digestion fat is changed into?
Fatty acid molecules and glycerol
Triglycerides are molecules consisting of one 3-carbon compound called?
A glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules.
In the triglycerides molecules shown below what are the three molecules attached to the glycerol molecules?
FATTY ACIDS APEX
Fats are composed of three fatty acid molecules joined to a molecule of?
glycerol
How many water molecules are formed if a glycerol molecule is combined with three fatty acid molecules?
9
Give two ways fatty acid molecules differ?
differ from what?
