Solutions
Triglyceride Correct Answer - Major type of lipid in food and
the body. Consists of a glycerol and three fatty acids.
Phospholipid Correct Answer - Type of lipid whose structure
includes a phosphorus atom. Consists of a glycerol, two fatty acids,
and a phosphate group.
Sterol Correct Answer - One of the three types of lipids. Has a
structure composed of multiple chemical rings. Cholesterol is the
common sterol found in foods of animal origin.
Glycerol Correct Answer - A three carbon molecule which is
part of triglycerides and phospholipids.
Saturated fatty acid Correct Answer - A fatty acid with no
carbon-carbon double bonds
Monounsaturated fatty acid Correct Answer - A fatty acid
whose molecular structure includes only one double carbon bond.
Polyunsaturated fatty acid Correct Answer - A fatty acid with
two or more double bonds between carbon atoms.
Trans fatty acid Correct Answer - Fatty acid produced during
the process of partial hydrogenation. Hydrogens on opposite sides
of the double bond.
CIs Fatty acid Correct Answer - A unsaturated fatty acid with
hydrogen atoms on the same side of the double bond, causing a bend
in the carbon chain