A botanist extracts chlorophyll and carotenoids from a leaf. These molecules belong to a lipid group synthesized from which repeating units?
Q1. A botanist extracts chlorophyll and carotenoids from a leaf. These molecules belong to a lipid group synthesized from which repeating units?
Answer: Isoprenoid units
Explanation: Terpenoids are built from repeating isoprenoid units. Fatty acids are tempting as they are in most lipids, but terpenoids lack them.