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Lipids: Functions and Applications
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Which chemist was the first to report the synthesis of a triglyceride?

  • Henri Braconnot
  • Marcellin Berthelot
  • Théophile-Jules Pelouze (correct)
  • Michel Eugène Chevreul

    • Who discovered phospholipids in mammalian brain and hen egg?

  • Gabriel Bertrand
  • Marcellin Berthelot
  • Théophile-Jules Pelouze
  • Theodore Gobley (correct)

    • In what year was the word 'lipide' introduced by the French pharmacologist Gabriel Bertrand?

  • 1912
  • 1923 (correct)
  • 1947
  • 1920

    • Who proposed the substitution of 'lipoid' by 'lipin' in 1912?

    <p>Rosenbloom and Gies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did William Prout recognize as an important nutrient for humans and animals in 1827?

    <p>Fat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the amphiphilic nature of some lipids responsible for?

    <p>Forming structures such as vesicles and liposomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biochemical subunits are used to categorize lipids into different groups?

    <p>Ketoacyl and isoprene groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a subgroup of lipids called triglycerides?

    <p>Cholesterol</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the functions of lipids?

    <p>Storing energy, signaling, and acting as structural components of cell membranes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category do fatty acyls, glycerophospholipids, and sphingolipids belong to?

    <p>Fatty acyls</p> Signup and view all the answers

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