Lipid
The smaller molecules that make up a fat molecule are fatty acids and glycerol. Glycerol is an organic compound and fatty acids are made of chains of hydrocarbons.
Glycerol
Fatty acids are known as isomers. Glycerol are also isomers.
Fatty acids (apex)
Fatty acids can be sterified to a glycerol molecule.
fatty acids
fatty acids and glycerol
Glycerol
Subunits of fats are glycerol and fatty acids. Each fat molecule comprises of 1 molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acids.
A triglyceride is three fatty acids attached to one glycerol molecule.
A triglyceride is a macromolecule composed of one glycerol molecule bonded to three fatty acids.
fatty acids