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QUESTIONS
1. Why are the fatty acids also known as lipids?
2. In what form are fatty acids found in the body?
3. How is linoleic transformed into linolenic acid? Show the chemistry and
also the stereochemistry of the compounds.
4. Why are they essential fatty acids?
5. Name the three most important omega oils and give their structures.
6. If you need to choose oils as a food, which ones might be considered the
healthiest? Why?
7. What is this structure called: C n (H 2 O) n ?
8. Name five natural sweeteners.
9. Why is it difficult to isolate sugars, either simple sugars or polysaccharides?
Give some examples.
10. What is the best way to detect sugars?
11. Why is it difficult to determine their structures?
12. What is the best way to detect sugars?
FURTHER READING
M. G. Enig. 2000. Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of
Fats, Oils and Cholesterol . Bethesda Pr.
S. Zhou, Q. Tang, X. Luo, J.-J. Xue, Y. Liu, Y. Yang, Ji. Zhang, and N. Feng. 2012. Determination
of carbohydrates by high performance anion chromatography-pulsed amperometric
detection in mushrooms. Intl J Med Mushrooms 14(4):411-417.
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