Biochemistry & Polymer Chemistry
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Biochemistry & Polymer Chemistry
Saturated Fat
A fat whose fatty acid chains contain only single carbon–carbon bonds.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistrySecondary Structure
Local regular folding patterns of a polypeptide backbone stabilised by hydrogen bonds.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryStarch
The storage polysaccharide of plants, consisting of amylose and amylopectin.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistrySteroid
A lipid built on a characteristic framework of three six-membered rings fused to one five-membered ring.