Lipids

Question 1

what makes a lipid unsaturated

Answer 1

double carbon bonds

Question 2

Describe how a triglyceride molecule is formed.

Answer 2

condensation reaction releasing water forming an ester bond between 3 fatty acids and one glycerol

Question 3

The scientists expressed their results as Percentage of lipid in plasma
membrane by mass. Explain how they would find these values.

Answer 3

• divide each lipid by total number of lipids in cell and multiply by 100