Wednesday, February 10, 2010

State whether each of the following statements is true or false?

a. Fatty acid micelles in water usually have the hydrophillic groups on the outside of the structure.


b. If a vegetable oil is completely hydrogenated, the product is a solid rather than a liquid.


c. The flexibility of living membranes is to do the strong hydrogen bonding between lipids


d. Cholesterol in the human body is important because it is the raw material for bile salts and sex hormones.State whether each of the following statements is true or false?
a)true


b)true


c)Not exactly true. Hydrogen bonds are strong bonds they wont give flexibility. Flexibility is because cell membranes are fluid


d) I dont know how true it is. But for sure cholesterol is steroid like and it gives rigidity to the cell membrane

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