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Glycerides, also known as acylglycerols, are formed from glycerol and , and are generally very hydrophobic.
Glycerol has three hydroxyl , which can be esterified with one, two, or three fatty acids to form monoglyceride, diglyceride, and . These structures vary in their fatty acid alkyl groups as they can contain different carbon numbers, different degrees of unsaturation, and different configurations and positions of olefins.
]] and contain mostly triglycerides, but are broken down by natural () into Monoglyceride and and free fatty acids and glycerol.
are formed from the reaction of glycerides with sodium hydroxide. The product of the reaction is glycerol and salts of fatty acids. Fatty acids in the soap emulsion the oils in dirt, enabling the removal of oily dirt with water.
Partial glycerides are esters of glycerol with fatty acids, where not all the hydroxyl groups are esterified. Since some of their hydroxyl groups are free their molecules are polar. Partial glycerides may be (two hydroxyl groups free) or (one hydroxyl group free). Short chain partial glycerides are more strongly polar than long chain partial glycerides, and have excellent solvent properties for many hard-to-solubilize drugs, making them valuable as in improving the formulation of certain pharmaceuticals. The most common forms of acylglycerol are triglycerides, having high caloric value and usually yielding twice as much energy per gram as carbohydrate.
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