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Fats are Non Polar Substances
Fats, also called lipids, together with carbohydrates represent the major source of energy for the body. As in the case of proteins, fats are essential and nonessential. The essentials are those that the body can not synthesize, and are linoleic acid and linolenic acids, but typically are not absent from the body and are [...]
Generic Term for Several Kinds of Lipids
In biochemistry, fat is a generic term for several kinds of lipids, but generally refers to the Glyceride, esters in which one, two or three fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule to form monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides respectively. Fats are present in many organisms, and have both structural and metabolic functions.
The most common type [...]