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Filling the blanks and answer the rest of the questions:

1. Waxes contain esters formed from long-chain alcohol and saturated fatty acid
and they may also contain substituted HCs.

2. Cholesterol is a member of the sterol lipid group, found in animal tissues; it

has a tetracyclic ring system with a double bond in one of the rings and one free
hydroxyl group.

LAURIC ACID 44

MYRISTIC ACID 58

C15H31COOH CH3(CH2)14COOH

C15H29COOH CH3(CH2)5CH=CH(CH2)7COOH

C17H35COOH COCOA BUTTER

OLEIC ACID

C17H31COOH -5 CANOLA OIL

ALPHA-LINOLEIC ACID
FLAXSEED

ARACHIDONIC ACID

3.

4. Fatty acids are carboxylic acids that are the structural components of many
lipids. They may be saturated or unsaturated.

5. Most fatty acids are unbranched and contain an even number of carbon atoms.

6. Unsaturated fatty acids have lower melting points than saturated fatty acids
containing the same number of carbon atoms.

7. Arrange these fatty acids (all contain 18 carbon atoms) in order of increasing
melting point. Justify your arrangement.
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c<a<b

Among the three fatty acids, fatty acid c has the lowest melting point due
to the number of double bonds present in its structure. It is more difficult to
closely pack the fatty acids together when there are more double bonds present.
Hence, as the number of double bonds increases, the melting point lowers.

8. Arrange these fatty acids (all contain 16 carbon atoms) in order of increasing
melting point. Justify your arrangement.

b<c<a

Among the three fatty acids, fatty acid b has the lowest melting point due
to the number of double bonds present in its structure. It is more difficult to
closely pack the fatty acids together when there are more double bonds present.
Hence, as the number of double bonds increases, the melting point lowers.

9. Classify each fatty acid as saturated or unsaturated and indicate the number of
carbon atoms in each molecule.

a. palmitoleic acid - unsaturated; 16 carbon atoms

b. myristic acid - saturated; 14 carbon atoms

c. linoleic acid - unsaturated; 18 carbon atoms

10. Write the condensed structural formula for each fatty acid.

a. lauric acid - CH3(CH2)10COOH

b. palmitoleic acid - CH3(CH2)5CH=CH(CH2)7COOH

c. linoleic acid - CH3(CH2)3(CH2CH=CH)2(CH2)7COOH

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11-15. Give the trivial names of the following enzymes:

a.EC 3.2.1.14

Trivial name: chitinase

b. EC 3.2.1.17.

Trivial name: Lysozyme

c. EC 3.2.1.20.

Trivial name: α-glucosidase

d. EC 3.2.1.23.

Trivial name: β-galactosidase

e. EC 3.2.1.10

Trivial name: oligo-1,6-glucosidase