Are Waxes not same as fat? Do they have glycerol + fatty acids too?
In my textbook, says "Waxes are lipids containing long-chain fatty acids linked to alcohol or carbon rings"

so alcohol + fatty acid is a glyceride right?

Question

Are Waxes not same as fat? Do they have glycerol + fatty acids too?
In my textbook, says "Waxes are lipids containing long-chain fatty acids linked to alcohol or carbon rings"

so alcohol + fatty acid is a glyceride right?

anonymous · Answer

Its not mixture of Alcohol and Fatty acid.
Its compound in wich fatty acids are linked to alcohol.

anonymous · Answer

isnt that same as triglyceride too? 
fatty acids linked to glycerol
is it the difference that triglyceride has 3 fatty acids