Cells, prokaryotes, eukaryotes

Cell walls are made of phospholipids.

Lipids are a class of molecules -- basically fat, or fatty acids. Generally they are big hydrocarbon chains.

Campbell and Reece

As you can see, fatty acids are just C-H chains. They are really pretty simple.

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