Question

Consider the following statements:
1. Neutral fats such as butter and vegetables oil are mostly triglycerides.
2. Triose sugars are simplest sugars and not found in nature. These are produced as intermediate in metabolic pathway like glycolysis.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

• A. Only 1
• B. Only 2
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both 1 and 2

Neutral fats such as butter and vegetable oil are mostly triglycerides. Each has three fatty acids tails linked to glycerol.

A triose is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, containing three carbon atoms. There are only three possible trioses: L-Glyceraldehyde and D-Glyceraldehyde, the two enantiomers of glyceraldehyde, which are aldotrioses because the carbonyl group is at the end of the chain, and dihydroxyacetone, the only ketotriose. These are produced as intermediate in the metabolic pathway like glycolysis.