Question

What are glycolipids?

Answer 1

Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate group linked to them, and these two macromolecules share a very important relationship.

Carbohydrates, often function as a source of energy and can be found in foods such as pasta, or other bread-related food products.

Label of any food pack will tell you how much carbohydrates are contained within the food.

However, carbohydrates execute other functions apart from providing your body with energy.

One such function is cell recognition, such as that which occurs in the human immune system.

Answer 2

Answer :-

Basically, "Glycolipids can be defined as the compounds which consists of Glycerol, binded with two polyunsaturated fatty acids.

• The fatty acids involved in the formation of Glycolipids are largely linoleic in nature.

• On the first position carbon atom in Glycolipids, one or two molecules of "Galactose" are attached.