NUTRITION
LIPIDS
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Question
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whose fatty acids contain more than 1 double bond
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it has at least 1 carbon carbon double bond in a fatty acid
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if each carbon atom in a lipid fatty acid chain is joined to another carbon by a single bond
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are fatty acids that contain more than one double bond in their backbone. This class includes many important compounds, such as essential fatty acids and those that give drying oils their characteristic property.
Detailed explanation-2: -5.2. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are hydrocarbon chains containing two or more double bonds. The characterisation of PUFAs as either an n-3 PUFA or n-6 PUFA refers to the position of the first double bond relative to the methyl end of the fatty acid.
Detailed explanation-3: -What are polyunsaturated fats? From a chemical standpoint, polyunsaturated fats are simply fat molecules that have more than one unsaturated carbon bond in the molecule, this is also called a double bond.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unsaturated fatty acids can be further divided into monounsaturated (which contains only one double bond) or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which contain more than one double bond. PUFAs are further grouped based either on the location of the double bonds and/or according to the chain length.