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Besides glycerol what 3 other molecules make up a triglyceride?

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Triglyceride is a molecule constituted by one one molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acids. The structure of a glycerol is like a letter "E", where the vertical line ( | ) is the glycerol and the three horizontal lines are long chains of organic acids, each with one COOH group, called fatty acids. The answer is that the other 3 molecules that make up a triglyceride are fatty acids.