Q: Glycerol is a triol, an alcohol which contains three what?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Glycerol is a triol, an alcohol which contains three hydroxyl functional groups. A fatty acid is a long carbon chain, generally from 12 to 24 carbons in length, with an attached carboxyl group. Each of the three fatty acid molecules undergoes an esterification with one of the hydroxyl groups of the glycerol molecule. The result is a large triester molecule referred to as a triglyceride.

 Choices:

- cytoplasm functional groups

- hydroxl acidic groups

- stark functional groups

- hydroxl functional groups


A:
hydroxl functional groups