Biochemistry & Polymer Chemistry
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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.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryTertiary Structure
The complete three-dimensional folded shape of a single polypeptide chain.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryThermoplastic
A polymer that softens on heating and hardens again on cooling, reversibly and repeatedly.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryThermosetting Polymer
A polymer that sets permanently on first heating and cannot be softened again.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryTriglyceride
An ester formed from glycerol and three fatty acid molecules, the main constituent of fats and oils.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryUnsaturated Fat
A fat containing one or more carbon–carbon double bonds in its fatty acid chains.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryVitamin
An organic compound required in small amounts that an organism cannot synthesise for itself.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryVulcanisation
The treatment of natural rubber with sulfur to form cross-links that greatly improve its properties.
Biochemistry & Polymer ChemistryZwitterion
A molecule carrying both a positive and a negative charge but no net overall charge.