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Glyceryl tristaerate

Glyceryl tristaerate skeletal formula

Glyceryl tristaerate is one of the fats found in lard, which is often used in cooking and baking. The fat is harvested from the abdominal area of a pig.

Illustrated here are 2 different ways of depicting it - on the left a skeletal formula and on the right is a condensed formula.

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Published:25 September 2017Size: 83.56 KB