lipids and cardiovascular disease

• what are triglycerides made of?

  one molecule of glycerol and three fatty acids
• the tails are hydrophobic making lipids insoluble
• what do fatty acids consist of?

  a variable hydrocarbon tail

  C=O group

  OH group
• what kind of reaction forms triglycerides?

  a condensation reaction
• What kind of bond forms between a glycerol molecule and and fatty acids?

  an ester bond
• How do you break up a triglyceride?

  hydrolysis reaction
• High density lipoprotein?

  • mainly protein
  • transport cholesterol from body tissue to the liver where it’ recycles or excreted
  • their function is to reduce total blood cholesterol when the level is too high
• Low density lipoprotein?

  • mainly lipid
  • transport cholesterol from the liver to the blood where it circulates until needed by cells
  • function is to increase total blood cholesterol