Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Fat is composed of GLYCEROL and fatty acids, in the proportion of one glycerol molecule to three fatty acid molecules (see TRIGLYCERIDES for further discussion of this). ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS are those that organisms cannot synthesize for themselves and which must therefore come from their diets.
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