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Name a structural difference between triglycerides and phospholipids.

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Answer:

Triglycerides have three fatty acids and phospholipids only have two.

Phospholipids have a phosphate group and triglycerides do not.

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User Nkharche
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a triglyceride has 3 fatty acids connected to the glyceral backbone, and a phospholipids has 2 fatty acids connected to the glyceral plus a phosphate group.

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