Biology A-Level
saturated fatty acids
What saturated fatty acids means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of saturated fatty acids
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Fatty acids with no carbon-carbon double bonds, so every carbon carries the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms and the chain is straight.
Topics that use saturated fatty acids
- Lipids (AQA A-Level)
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- amphipathic and bilayer formation
- energy per gram
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- hydrophobic core as a barrier
- hydrophobic versus amphipathic
- kinks and packing
- phospholipid as membrane component
- Phospholipid structure
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