FOOD CHEMISTRY
CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lipids contain the same elements as carbohydrates: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (C, H, and O). However, lipids are mainly made of hydrocarbon chains (or rings) and contain fewer polar hydroxyl groups (-OH). This makes most lipids nonpolar hydrophobic molecules (they do not dissolve well in water).
Detailed explanation-2: -Lipids are an essential component of the cell membrane. The structure is typically made of a glycerol backbone, 2 fatty acid tails (hydrophobic), and a phosphate group (hydrophilic).
Detailed explanation-3: -The ratio of carbon to Hydrogen is one to two, but oxygen is less than one. Lipids are organic compounds that contain the same elements as carbohydrates. In carbohydrates the C:H:O is 1:2:1, this is why they are called carbohydrates, carbon, and hydrous, which is water.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lipids are mainly composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms, and this hydrophobic ("water fearing") nature of lipids is driven by the bonds between these many carbons and hydrogens.