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| What are Lipids? Explain their properties |
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Carbon-containing compounds.
Non-polar and Hydrophobic |
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| What are hydrocarbons? What is it's unique property? |
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Hydrogen and Carbon combined.
Non-polar. |
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| It is a hydrocarbon chain combined with a carboxyl group. |
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| What is an Ester Linkage? |
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| A Covalent bond between a glycerol and a fatty acid. |
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| Four-ring structure with a hydrocarbon tail. |
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| A phosphate combined with two fatty-acids. |
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| What passes through lipid-bilayers easily? |
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| small, non-polar molecules |
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| Explain Aldose and Ketose |
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Aldose=Carbonyl group at end
Ketose=Carbonyl group in middle |
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