Lesson 973 of 1524
Biomolecules: Lipids
Lipids are the naturally occurring materials isolated from plants and animals by extraction with a nonpolar organic solvent.
Practice this chapterLipids are the naturally occurring materials isolated from plants and animals by extraction with a nonpolar organic solvent. Animal fats and vegetable oils are the most widely occurring lipids.
Both are triacylglycerols —triesters of glycerol with long-chain fatty acids . Animal fats are usually saturated, whereas vegetable oils usually have unsaturated fatty acid residues
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What does this chapter state?
- 1Lipids are the naturally occurring materials isolated from plants and animals by extraction with a nonpolar organic solvent.
- 2That claim is the chapter’s own statement.
- 3Answer from the claim, not from where the chapter sits in the book.
Result: Lipids are the naturally occurring materials isolated from plants and animals by extraction with a nonpolar organic solvent.
Why. The sentence is taken from this chapter’s summary or key concepts.
Answer with the meaning this chapter gives. A nearby idea from the same book is a different term.
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