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One sugar molecule

Two sugar molecules linked together by an alpha or beta glycosidic bonds

4-10 sugar molecules linked together by alpha or beta glycosidic bonds

>10 sugar loecules linked together by alpah or beta glycosidic bonds

Long chain of alpoha, 1,4-linked glucoses; found in plants (parts of starch)

Long chain of alpha 1,4-linked glucoses with alpha 1,6 branches; found in plants (part of starch)

Long chain of beta 1,4-linked glucose molecules, structural component of plants

Long chain of alpha 1,4-linked glucoses with many alpha 1,6 branches; found in animals (storage form of carbohydrate in animals)

Formation of glycogen from glucose

Release of glucose from glycogen

Any fat-soluble (lipophilic), naturally-occuring molecule, such as fats, oils, waxes, cholestrol, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and others

A carboxylic acid, often with a long unbranched aliphatic tail (chain), which is either saturated or unsaturated

Fatty acids that contain no double bonds between C atoms

Fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds between C atoms

Arrangement of H atoms around a carbon-carbon double bond in a fatty acid in which the H atoms are on the same side of the hydrocarbon chain

Arrangement of H atoms around a carbon-carbon double bond in fatty acid in which the H atoms are on opposite sides of the hydrocarbon chain

Process of removing carbon-carbon double bonds in a fatty acid by adding hyrdogen atoms

A fatty acid required in the diet because of an inability of the animal to synthesize that fatty acid.

Synthesis of glucose from non-glucose precursors

Breakdown of glucose for energy

A glycerol esterified to three fatty acids; the main component of animal and plant lipid stores

Esters of fatty acids containing non-lipid substances

Derivative of tryglycerides containing glycerol, 2 fatty acids and 1 phosphate group

A phospholipids to which a carbohydrate chain is attached

A biochemical assembly that contains both proteins and lipids

Cholesterol-based detergent involved in reducing lipid droplet size in the intestine; essentail for efficient fat absorption

Small lipid droplet in the intestine containing fatty acids, monoglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol, with bile salts on the surface

Lipid droplets exported from the intestinal cell following lipid absorption.  Contains triglycerides, phospholipids, cholesterol and protein

Sequential removal of 2-carbon units from a fatty acid chain for the production of energy

Hormone like derivatives of 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids (arachidonic acid and EPA)