a) explain the fast of glycerol when storage fats utilized for energy production in human.

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a) explain the fast of glycerol when storage fats utilized for energy production in human.

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Energy is basically obtained in the form of ATP from the food that we intake , primary source being the carbohydrates, but the process switches to other sources like proteins, fats as per availability and other metabolism pathways comes into play. Fats are biomolecules comprising of fatty acids and glycerol. Fatty acids are the simplest form of lipids and serve as constituents in a large number of complex form of lipids. They are long-chain hydrocarbons (4 to 36 carbons long) with one carboxyl group. 

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