Advantages to Using Triacylglycerols, Rather Than Polysaccharaides, to Store Energy

question 53

Multiple Choice

Advantages to using triacylglycerols, rather than polysaccharaides, to store energy include which reason(s) ?

• A) The carbon atoms of triacylglycerols are more reduced.
• B) Triacylglycerols contain more oxygen than polysaccharides and therefore are more efficient to oxidize.
• C) Since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.
• D) The carbon atoms of triacylglycerols are more reduced, and since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.
• E) Triacylglycerols contain more oxygen than polysaccharides and therefore are more efficient to oxidize, and since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.

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