Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Carbohydrates and lipids

Carbohydrates and lipids — practice question

The table lists, for three triglycerides and the fatty acids present in them, how many carbon atoms each molecule has and how many carbon-carbon double bonds it contains. This data is written in the form ‘number of carbon atoms : number of carbon-carbon double bonds’। Which description best fits fatty acid 2 in the $56 : 4$ triglyceride, marked as X in the table?

  • Asaturated with 17 carbon atoms
  • Bsaturated with 18 carbon atoms
  • Cunsaturated with 17 carbon atoms
  • Dunsaturated with 18 carbon atoms

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