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What Does Polyunsaturated Mean?

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    Polyunsaturated - (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds

    Of or relating to long-chain carbon compounds, especially fatty acids,
    having two or more double bonds between the carbon atoms. Foods
    containing polyunsaturated fatty acids help reduce blood cholesterol
    levels and include sunflower, soybean, sesame seed, and corn oils and
    cold-water fish such as salmon.

    Relating to an organic compound, especially a fat, in which more than
    one pair of carbon atoms are joined by double or triple bonds
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    Shamar31  

    answered 2 weeks ago

         
         

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