Unsaturated Fatty Acid
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An unsaturated fatty acid is a fatty acid whose molecule contains one or more carbon-carbon multiple bonds. (In naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids, all carbon-carbon multiple bonds are double bonds.)
eg:
see also saturated fatty acid, omega-3 fatty acid, omega-6 fatty acid
- Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)