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Unsaturated fatty acids

unsaturated fatty acid

(Science: biochemistry) fatty acid with one or more double bonds.


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Membrane Interior

... but is it because of the kinks formed by the unsaturated fatty acid tails, they cause a break in the close alignment ... have an effect on the alignment of the fatty acids, causing an increase or decrease in fluidity? If someone ...

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by LunarStrain
Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:14 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Membrane Interior
Replies: 4
Views: 684

Burning foods

... only found in animals. The saturated fat has fatty acids that without a single double bond in the hydrocarbon ... that you can consumes marchmellows because it contains unsaturated fat which can produces energy and do not affects ...

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by Tan Tze Chein
Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:27 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Burning foods
Replies: 13
Views: 1226

Biology Test

... Starch cellulose and glycogen. Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. What is the basic composition of a fat Recognize an amino ...

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by 007
Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:28 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biology Test
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Acids

Organi acids have functional group -COOH in them. eg. CH3-COOH Fatty acids are long chain organic acids, R-COOH where R is long carbon chain of saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons, eg. CH3(CH2)5CH=CH(CH2)7COOH --PALMITOLEIC ...

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by sachin
Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:55 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Acids
Replies: 1
Views: 430

Re: cold blood ,warm blood and unsaturated fatty acids

... animals usaully have higher proportion of unsaturated fatty acids than homoiothermic (warm blooded)animals. WHY??????????? the ...

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by sdekivit
Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:34 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cold blood ,warm blood and unsaturated fatty acids
Replies: 4
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