(A) Position 1 of triglycerides
(B) Position 2 of triglycerides
(C) Position 3 of triglycerides
(D) All of these
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Saliva contains a lipase which acts on triglycerides having?
(A) Short chain fatty acids
(B) Medium chain fatty acids
(C) Long chain fatty acids
(D) All of these
A digestive secretion that does not contain any digestive enzyme is?
(A) Saliva
(B) Gastric juice
(C) Pancreatic juice
(D) Bile
Adipose tissue lacks?
(A) Hormone-sensitive lipase
(B) Glycerol kinase
(C) cAMP-dependent protein kinase
(D) Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Free glycerol cannot be used for triglyceride synthesis in?
(A) Liver
(B) Kidney
(C) Intestine
(D) Adipose tissue
Glycerol released from adipose tissue by hydrolysis of triglycerides is mainly?
(A) Taken up by liver
(B) Taken up by extrahepatic tissues
(C) Reutilised in adipose tissue
(D) Excreted from the body
In adipose tissue, glycerol-3-phosphate required for the synthesis of triglycerides comes mainly from?
(A) Hydrolysis of pre-existing triglycerides
(B) Hydrolysis of phospholipids
(C) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate formed in
glycolysis
(D) Free glycerol
Glycerol is converted into glycerol-3- phosphate by?
(A) Thiokinase
(B) Triokinase
(C) Glycerol kinase
(D) All of these