Nutrition
Nutrition
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Author: Sizer, Frances Sienkiewicz., WHITNEY, Ellie
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Saturation of fatty acids depends upon the presence of bonds. The saturated fatty acids contain only single bonds. The unsaturated fatty acids contain one or more double bonds.

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