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Animal fats are lipids derived from animals which are used by the animal for a multitude of functions, or can be used by humans for dietary, sanitary, and cosmetic purposes. Depending on the temperature of the fat, it can change between a solid state and a liquid state. Chemically, both fats and oils are composed of triglycerides.
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Neutral fats, also known as true fats, are simple lipids that are produced by the dehydration synthesis of one or more fatty acids with an alcohol like glycerol. Neutral fats are also known as triacylglycerols, [ 1 ] these lipids are dense as well as hydrophobic due to their long carbon chain and are there main function is to store energy.
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General structures of mono-, di-, and tri-acylglycerides with names according to the stereospecific numbering Fatty acid. Vegetable oils and animal fats contain mostly triglycerides, but are broken down by natural enzymes into mono and diglycerides and free fatty acids and glycerol.
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