BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Carbon-carbon double bonds (unsaturations) are found in naturally occurring fatty acids. There may be one double bond or many, up to six in important fatty acids. Fatty acids with one double bond are the most prevalent in the human body, comprising about half of the total.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally, a fatty acid consists of a straight chain of an even number of carbon atoms, with hydrogen atoms along the length of the chain and at one end of the chain and a carboxyl group (―COOH) at the other end. It is that carboxyl group that makes it an acid (carboxylic acid).

Detailed explanation-3: -The simplest fatty acids are unbranched, linear chains of CH2 groups linked by carbon-carbon single bonds with one terminal carboxylic acid group. The term saturated indicates that the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms are bonded to each carbon in the molecule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Triglycerides are tri-esters consisting of a glycerol bound to three fatty acid molecules. Triglycerides are the main constituents of vegetable fat and body fat in humans and other animals.