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Vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature while animal fats are solid because... vegetable oils have ester linkages between their fatty acid chains and glycerol but animal fats have glycosidic linkages vegetable oils have more double bonds than animal fats animal fats are not amphipathic vegetable oils have longer fatty acid chains than animal fats have vegetable oils have fewer double bonds than animal fats

          Vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature while animal fats are solid because...

vegetable oils have ester linkages between their fatty acid chains and glycerol but animal fats have glycosidic linkages

vegetable oils have more double bonds than animal fats

animal fats are not amphipathic

vegetable oils have longer fatty acid chains than animal fats have

vegetable oils have fewer double bonds than animal fats

Vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature while animal fats are solid because...

vegetable oils have ester linkages between their fatty acid chains and glycerol but animal fats have glycosidic linkages

vegetable oils have more double bonds than animal fats

animal fats are not amphipathic

vegetable oils have longer fatty acid chains than animal fats have

vegetable oils have fewer double bonds than animal fats

Added by Victor G.

Biology for AP Courses

Julianne Zedalis, John Eggebrecht

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Solved by Expert Sri K

07/22/2023

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Both vegetable oils and animal fats have ester linkages between their fatty acid chains and glycerol, so this is not the reason for the difference in their states at room temperature. Show more…

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Vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature while animal fats are solid because... vegetable oils have ester linkages between their fatty acid chains and glycerol but animal fats have glycosidic linkages vegetable oils have more double bonds than animal fats animal fats are not amphipathic vegetable oils have longer fatty acid chains than animal fats have vegetable oils have fewer double bonds than animal fats