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A phosphoglyceride is always made up of

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Only a saturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached.

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Only an unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached.

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A saturated or unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached.

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A saturated or unsaturated fatty acid esterified to phosphate group which is also attached to a glycerol molecule.

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Solution

The correct option is A A saturated or unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached.
Phosphoglyceride are glycerol-based phospholipids. The alcohol here is glycerol, to which two fatty acids (either saturated or unsaturated) and a phosphoric acid are attached as esters.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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