Triglyceride

• Lipids are a family of very important organic molecules that contain a lot of carbon like proteins and carbohydrates.
• Lipids come in two main types that are found in the body: triglycerides and phospholipids.
• The detailed structure of a triglyceride normally looks like this with one molecule and three parts coming off at the end.
• The distinguishing feature of a phospholipid is this phosphate group lying on the end.
• Triglycerides are more used as a source of energy and can be found in a variety of foods such as oily foods, butter, and certain fats.
• Oils found in various plants are also sources of triglycerides.
• Phospholipids are used more for a structural role in building up the cell membranes and the membranes that surround the cell act as a barrier to the outside world.
• The main component making up this layer is called a phospholipid.
• Lipids are mainly composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and there is some oxygen thrown in there as well.
• The triglyceride is composed of two components: glycerol and fatty acids, which join together to form the triglyceride.
• Condensation reactions join things together, forming water and an ester bond.
• In order to make the triglyceride, three condensation reactions are needed, forming three molecules of water.
• Every time an ester bond is formed, water is removed.
• The end product of a condensation reaction is a triglyceride with three ester bonds.
• The fatty acids in a triglyceride molecule are organic acids with a carboxyl group or "COOH" group on one end and that end is joined to a hydrocarbon tail.
• Condensation reactions form water because one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms are removed from the glycerol and fatty acid.
• The ester bond is the covalent bond formed by a condensation reaction between the oh group of a carboxylic acid and the oh group of an alcohol.
• The total glycerol molecule is represented on the left, and three individual fatty acids, also known as carboxylic acids, are represented on the right.
• The reaction itself forms the water because one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms are removed from the glycerol and fatty acid.
• The glycerol in a triglyceride molecule is an organic alcohol with three hydroxyl groups or "OH" groups on its side.
• The carboxyl group in a triglyceride molecule always has a carbon joins to one oxygen and then another oxygen and an "OH" so it's "COOH".
• The carboxylic acid in a triglyceride molecule is acidic and it's called a carboxylic acid.
• The hydrocarbon tail in a triglyceride molecule can be represented by the letter "r".
• A triglyceride molecule is formed from one molecule of a compound called glycerol and it's connected to three fatty acids.
• The hydrocarbon tail in a triglyceride molecule is made purely of carbons and hydrogens joined up.
• Triglycerides are used to provide an energy source.
• Hydrocarbon chains, which are often found in these lipid structures, are composed of carbon and hydrogen.
• Triglycerides are formed by connecting one glycerol molecule to three fatty acids, which are formed by three ester bonds.
• The formation of triglycerides involves a condensation reaction, while their breakdown involves a hydrolysis reaction.
• In three hydrolysis reactions, triglycerides can be broken down into glycerol and three fatty acids, which are the components that make them up.
• In order to break three bonds in a triglyceride, three molecules of water are needed, as three oxygen atoms and six hydrogen atoms are added to the triglyceride.
• Hydrolysis can be broken down into two parts: lysis means to break, and hydro means water, indicating that water is needed to break these things apart.
• The overall reaction of breaking down triglycerides into glycerol and three fatty acids is known as hydrolysis.
• Condensation is the process of forming triglycerides, while hydrolysis is the process of breaking them down.
• The process of breaking down triglycerides into glycerol and three fatty acids requires the input of three molecules of water and it breaks three ester bonds.
• The components of triglycerides are glycerol and three fatty acids.
• At the end of a lipid structure, different groups can be found depending on the different lipids.
• Lipids are large complex molecules known as macromolecules.
• Macromolecules are not polymers, as each of the units is not a monomer.
• Lipids can be described as non-polar molecules and will not dissolve in water.