Question

Lipids are a broad group of diverse molecules that have which of the following feature(s)
a) hydrophobic chains or rings
b) a polar head
c) a glycerol backbone
d) a and b
e) a, b, c

Answer 1

Ans : e) a , b , c

Lipids are the biomolecules which posess the hydrocarbon chain or rings essentially in its structure along with a polar head. The presence glycerol backbone is not mandatory in all the lipids , it is present in some of the lipids such as triglycerides.

There are different categories of lipids such as : fatty acids , glycerolipids , glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids etc.