Fats and Oils 101: A Primer

摘要

A fat or, more correctly, a triacylglycerol is created by the reaction of three fatty acids (fa) with glycerol. With the elimination of water, three ester linkages are being formed, as shown in Figure 1. The resultant molecule is referred to as a triglyceride or tg. While a standard IUPAC nomenclature can be applied to tgs, most references are based on the common names of the component fas within the tgs.