[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Biochemistry of Movement > 9.7.3. Fats are also important fuels for cells > Glycerol As A Triol >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Describe glycerol as a triol and identify its systematic name[/cs_text][cs_text]
- Trihydric alcohols (also called triols) are compounds that have three hydroxyl groups in them.
- Glycerol is the simplest example of a triol. Glycerol molecules consist of a three-carbon chain with one hydroxyl group attached to each Carbon.
- The root of the name glycerol, glyco, means “sweet.”
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