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What are the monomers of the lipids?

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Lipids are unlike the other macromolecules in that they do not have monomers per se. They are made up of glycerol and fatty acids, but it's not like DNA which is made up of nucleotides or proteins that are made up of amino acids. However, they are still considered macromolecules as lipids are a large category of important molecules in the human body.

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3 molecules of fatty acids joined to 1 molecule of glyceroil
Lipids, aside from their Acid Heads, are composed of -CH2- monomers [anywhere from 15 to 27 of them].

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Glycerol and three fatty acid tails :)

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