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What makes up 95% of the nutritional lipids?
What makes up 95% of the nutritional lipids?
- Wax
- Fats & oils (correct)
- Long-chain alcohol
- Steroids
What is a wax according to the text?
What is a wax according to the text?
- Solid triglyceride
- Ester of a long-chain alcohol and a fatty acid (correct)
- Steroid
- Liquid triglyceride
What is the difference between fats and oils?
What is the difference between fats and oils?
- Fats are solid triglycerides, while oils are liquid triglycerides (correct)
- Fats are esters of long-chain alcohols and fatty acids, while oils are steroids
- Fats are steroids, while oils are esters of long-chain alcohols and fatty acids
- Fats are liquid triglycerides, while oils are solid triglycerides
Which type of fatty acids make up butter, leading to it being described as a 'saturated' fat?
Which type of fatty acids make up butter, leading to it being described as a 'saturated' fat?
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What process can be used to 'harden' vegetable and fish oils?
What process can be used to 'harden' vegetable and fish oils?
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What is the main reason most vegetable oils are described as 'unsaturated' fats?
What is the main reason most vegetable oils are described as 'unsaturated' fats?
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What is the effect of adding hydrogen atoms to the double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids?
What is the effect of adding hydrogen atoms to the double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids?
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Which type of lipids are composed of 3 fatty acyl residues esterified to a glycerol?
Which type of lipids are composed of 3 fatty acyl residues esterified to a glycerol?
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How are triglycerides stored in cells?
How are triglycerides stored in cells?
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What is the main function of lipases in relation to triglycerides?
What is the main function of lipases in relation to triglycerides?
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