Fats

Fats
Fat molecules are made up of four parts:
a molecule of glycerol (on the right) and
three molecules of fatty acids.
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fats and similar fatlike chemical compounds, that are insoluble in water but soluble in certain organic compounds
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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fats 1. Triglycerides that are solid at room temperature. 2. A legendary pool player from Minnesota?
fauna Term referring collectively to all animals in an area. The zoological counterpart of flora.
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fats: lipids composed of a glycerol and fatty acids.
fatty acids: long chains of carbon atoms with carboxyl groups at one end.
feeding pattern: the pattern in which animals obtain their nutrients.
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Fats and Oils (Triglycerides)
Fats and oils are composed of fatty acids and glycerol.
Fatty acids have a long hydrocarbon (carbon and hydrogen) chain with a carboxyl (acid) group. The chains usually contain 16 to 18 carbons.
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Fats are finely emulsified in the small intestine by the detergent action of bile salts, lecithin, and monoglycerides.
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The wrong kinds of fats can cause the build-up of cholesterol-related plaque on artery walls which can eventually result in a blockage or poor blood supply to other organs, e.g.
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Structure fatty acid A long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acid found in fats, oils, membrane phospholipids and glycolipids.
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What they had was disruptions in their control of fats. Their cholesterol went up. Their triglycerides went up. They started to get changes in their look.
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lipase An enzyme that accelerates the hydrolysis or synthesis of fats.
lipid A fat, oil, or fatlike compound that usually has fatty acids in its molecular structure.
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Organic molecules similar in structure to fats, but in which a short carbohydrate chain rather than a fatty acid is attached to the third carbon of the glycerol molecule; as a result, the molecule has a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail.
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The process by which fats, in the form of Acyl-CoA molecules, are broken down in the mitochondria to generate Acetyl-CoA, the entry molecule for the Krebs Cycle.
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lipids -- a class of biochemical compounds which includes fats, oils, and waxes.
luciferase -- enzyme which activates luciferin to produce bioluminescence.
luciferin -- compound whose activated form emits light.
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lipid
One of a family of compounds, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, that are insoluble in water.
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liverworts
Belong to the class Bryophyta and are found in damp and wet conditions.
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Lipid a group of hydrophobic molecules such as fats oils and waxes
(lipo = fat)
Lithosphere the rocky layers that make up the Earth's crust
(litho = stone; sphere = a ball) ...
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yolk [ME yolke - the yolk, the yellow part]. Nutritive stores found within the ovum cytoplasm consisting of proteins and fats.
yolk plug A mass of large, yolky endoderm cells that fill the blastopore of an amphibian gastrula during its late stages.
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[ME yolke - the yolk, the yellow part]. Nutritive stores found within the ovum cytoplasm consisting of proteins and fats.
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of living organisms that promote growth, sustain life, and enable all other bodily functions to take place.
Metabolism: The term for the way cells chemically change food so that it can be used to store or use energy and make the proteins, fats, ...
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