
There is so much of discussion about fatty acids being this, fatty acids being that....but how many of us know exactly what fatty acids are? Well, here's your chance to find out all you need to know about fatty acids in a simple, lucid way.
Fatty acids, or fats, are organic acids belonging to the carboxyl group and have either saturate or unsaturated aliphatic tails that tend to be long and unbranched. Fatty acids are derivatives of either triglycerides or phospholipids. Fatty acids occur as free as well as attached to other molecules. Fatty acids play a very important role in intracellular energy transfer as the fuel released as a result of their metabolism leads to the production of adenosine triphosphate which is the molecular equivalent of currency unit for such energy exchange. Naturally occurring fatty acids structure is characterized by the presence of an even number of carbon atoms which may be any even number between 4 and 28.







