https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02647
Esters
of glycerol (propane-1,2,3-triol) with
fatty acids
, widely distributed in nature. They are by long-established custom subdivided into triglycerides, 1,2- or 1,3-diglycerides, and 1- or 2-monoglycerides, according to the number and position of
acyl groups
(not, as one might suppose, the number of glycerol residues). The recommended method for naming individual glycerides is mono-, di- or tri-O-acylglycerol, as appropriate.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1337 [Terms] [Paper]
See also:
White Book, 2nd ed., p. 181 [Terms] [Book]