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What is a glyceride?

What is a glyceride? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.
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CardiaBeat is a lipid-regulating agent, composed of plant sterol esters of omega 3 fatty acids in an omega 3 glyceride matrix.
Some other glyceride oils have properties of medicinal value.
In the case of triglyceride-derived biocrude, the documentation must also establish that the biocrude is a glyceride in which the glycerol is chemically bound with three fatty acids.
Along with proteins and carbohydrates, the glyceride oils and fats constitute the three main classes of food.
Cardiolipin is made up of two phosphatidic acid groups, each attached to a glyceride moiety by a phosphodiester bond, and joined by a central glycerol moiety.
After World War I, organic chemists gained extensive knowledge first of fatty-acid compositions and then of glyceride compositions.

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