Science, asked by snehathomas333, 4 months ago

differentiate the composition of triglycerides and waxes

Answers

Answered by pranaisk07

Answer:

Triglycerides are lipid compounds composed of a glycerol esterified to 3 fatty acid chains of varying length and composition. These fatty acid chains can be saturated or unsaturated, and the chemical composition of each chain is different.

Waxes are also comprised of esters. However, they mainly consist of monoesters, which are formed between a fatty alcohol molecule and a fatty acid molecule.

A wax is a simple lipid which is an ester of a long-chain alcohol and a fatty acid. The alcohol may contain from 12-32 carbon atoms. Waxes are found in nature as coatings on leaves and stems. The wax prevents the plant from losing excessive amounts of water.

Previous Question

Next Question

Similar questions

Math, 2 months ago

please help please help...

English, 2 months ago

Scurvy is a disease that manifests itself by red-blue spots on the skin. (Identify the clauses)...

Hindi, 2 months ago

किसी विद्वान से बातचीत करने से ज्ञान बढ़ता है।(किसी का पद परिचय)...

Psychology, 4 months ago

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every...

Math, 4 months ago