Lipids - Chemistry of lipids
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What are 95% of the lipids we eat?
When is something a oil and when is it a fat?
oil: liquid at 20 degrees celcius
What are fatty acids?
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What are the 3 different properties of fatty acids?
- chain length: ranches form 2 to 24 carbon atoms
- Degree of unsaturation: number of double bonds.
Mono-unsaturated fatty acids: 1 double bonds
Poly-unsatuated fatty acids: at least 2 double bonds - Point of satturation: where double bonds are loccated.
How are fatty acids named with ∆?
Give an expample for a fatty acid with 18C, and 2 double bonds. First double bond at place 6 and second at 12.
18:2∆6,12
What is palmitic acid?
mayor component of palm oil and olive oil
What is linoleic acid?
What is linolenic acid?
What is the chain length of the fatty acids found in coco oil?
What is the mayor chain lengt found in fish oil?
What is the benefit of saturated fatty acids?
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