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... is true that compared to egg white, there is barely any protein present in egg yolk. However, it still exists in small quantities. The rest of the results were quite accurate and made sense. For example, oil is a fat and is hydrophobic. Thus, it is clearly a lipid. It also contains no proteins because it has no components of amino acids in it. And finally, it doesn't contain any form of carbohydrates because it has no sugar components. Oils are basically a combination of one glycerol molecule and three fatty acids that form a lipid. Another example is orange juice. Oranges are mainly composed of simple sugars like glucose and fructose (monosaccharides) and dietary fibers. Therefore, they would have little or none of any other organic component that was being tested. On the other hand, potatoes and bananas contain all of the organic components that were being tested. This ...
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