The carboxylic acid-derived ester linkages in a triglyceride or typical glycerophospholipid have the form . Here the acyl group is attached through oxygen to the glycerol-derived part. See IUPAC Blue Book, P-65.6: esters.
An ester consumed in the conductometric saponification assay, where hydrolysis under basic conditions produces ethanol and an acetate ion.
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