The function of gastric lipase is to:

A) convert the double bonds in fatty acids into single bonds.
B) cleave fatty acids from glycerol molecules.
C) attract fatty acids to its hydrophilic head group.
D) attach a phosphate group to the glycerol component of fatty acids.


B

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