saturated fatty acid

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  Arachidic (icosanoic acid): CH3(CH2)18COOH C20:0 The shape of trans unsaturated fatty acid with 20C is similar to the saturated fatty acid that is straight chain.

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  Triglycerides are made up of three fatty acids hooked onto a glycerol backbone. A "saturated" fat has absolutely no double bonds in the fatty acid parts. It's called "saturated" because the fatty acid parts are "saturated" with hydrogens.

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• Predominant Organic Acids Present in Softwoods such as Pine

  Let's start with the relatively simple fatty acids. Fatty acids are comprised of a hydrophobic tail, an nalkane, and a hydrophilic acid head. If the n-alkane tail has no double bonds, then the fatty acid is defined as saturated.

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  Therefore, the answer is the saturated 18 carbon fatty acid. Stearic acid is 18 carbons long and completely saturated. It is also called octadecanoic acid.

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  Fats (triglycerides) that contain palmitic acid and stearic acid are therefore known as saturated fats. Fats made up of saturated fatty acids are solid at room temperature. In the figure, you can see that oleic acid is not saturated.

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