 Glycerol (source code)

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= Glycerol
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<Glycerol> has three <carbon> <chemical atoms> and three $\mathrm{OH}$ groups. It supplies the scaffold of <triglycerides> and <glycerophospholipids>, but is not itself a long <hydrocarbon> chain. See https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/3-3-lipids[Biology 2e: glycerol].

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