Types of Lipids

 

Fatty acids

 

A fatty acid is essentially a chain of carbon atoms bound to hydrogen ending in a carboxyl group.   They differ from each other in their lengths and in the number and location of carbon-carbon double bonds.  

What's the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids?

 

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You can classify fatty acids according to their length:

Very long-chain            

Long-chain                                                      

Medium-chain  

Short-chain    

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