LIPIDS

Lipids are heterogeneous group of compounds with same properties Fat is the common household name gives to lipids carbohydrates fats are organic compounds composed of carbon hydrogen and oxygen but they differ from carbohydrates in that they contain much less oxygen and much greater proportions of carbon and hydrogen seventy six percent carbon twelve percent oxygen and twelve percent hydrogen are present in fats true fat has one molecule of organic ester of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids fats vary in their structure due to the presence of different fatty acids with glycerol molecules if the glycerol in a fatty acid is combined with three fatty acid units such fats are called triglycerides fats are insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents like ether benzene or chloroform their cooking properties depend upon the type of fatty acids present in them https://medicaleducatio.blogspot.com/2022/03/human-anatomy-and-physiology_22.html