what is an organic compound called that is used to store energy and forms important parts of biological membranes?
2007-09-22 12:06:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Lipids store energy and are parts of the phospholipids that make up the bilayer of membranes in the cell.
2007-09-22 12:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
carbohydrate : former call for saccharide. the call is merely too universal. L-sugars is likewise carbohydrate yet human physique purely take D-sugars. lipid (what do u propose by using 'get rid of'?) : using lipid in metabolism purely take place while there is not any different source of capability may well be recent on your physique. the side fabricated from lipid metabolism is poison to human physique. (dont undertaking, ur liver are in a position to detoxify the poison). protein : to harness capability is extremely not his interest. utilized in cellular construction blocks. starch : made up from amylose+amylopectin. that could be a D-sugars. so that's the terrific answer. * the respond is D
2016-12-17 07:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋