Introduction To Fats

Question 1

What are lips?

Answer 1

Heterogenous groups of compounds including fats, oils, steroids

Question 2

What are the properties of lipids

Answer 2

Insoluble in water

Soluble in nonpolar solvents

Question 3

Differentiate between simple lipids and complex lipids

Answer 3

Esters of fatty acids with alcohol are simple lipids whereas cpomplex lipids are the same except that gtroups other than fatty acids and alcohol are added

Question 4

Types of simple lipids?

Answer 4

Fats and waxes

Question 5

Types of complex lipids

Answer 5

Phospholipids and glycolipids

Question 6

What are the 3 types of lipids?

Answer 6

Simple, complex and derived

Question 7

What are precursor and derived lipids?

Answer 7

Fatty acids, glycerol, steroids, alcohols, fatty aldehydes, ketones bodies, hydrocarbons

Question 8

How are fatty acids classified?

Answer 8

Bylength and saturation

Question 9

List fatty acid lengths

Answer 9

Short are less than 6 carbons
Medium are 6-12 carbons
Long are more than or equal to 14 carbons

Question 10

What is saturation?

Answer 10

Amoun of hydrogen bounded to carbon

Question 11

List 3 classification of fatty acids saturation wise

Answer 11

Saturate
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated

Question 12

Whats a saturated fatty acid

Answer 12

A fatty acids with all its carbons blinded to hydrogen with all single bonds

Question 13

Mufa?

Answer 13

Fatty acid which lacks a hydrogen so its carbon makes a double. Bond with another carbon

Question 14

Pufa?

Answer 14

More than one double bond between carbons

Question 15

What’s a triglycerides?

Answer 15

Composed of a glycerol backbone and three fatty acids