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Now let's As I mentioned
discuss these earlier, a neutral
different lipid lipid is the substance
that we normally
types, one
call "fat."
by one. • NNeeuturtarlalfaltipid
Fat
First, we
have neutral

lipids!

Neutral lipids are Among the neutral lipids
formed from inside our bodies, the most
common is triacylglycerol,
two substances:
glycerol and fatty which consists of one
glycerol molecule
acids.
and three fatty acids,
combined like this:

Glycerol Fatty Triacylglycerol
acid

Neutral lipid

Triacylglycerol shake There's also
will often pop monoacylglycerol,
Aha! My enemy is which has just one fatty
up in discussions triacylglycerol! acid combined with one
about lipids. I'll never forget
the name of this glycerol...
92 Chapter 3 abominable foe!
and diacylglycerol, in
which two fatty acids
are combined with one

glycerol.

Moving right along...