Becker's World of the Cell 9th Edition by Lewis Kleinsmith, Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni

تمرين 15

Shortening. A popular brand of shortening has a label on the can that identifies the product as "partially hydrogenated soybean oil, palm oil, and cottonseed oil."
(a)What does the process of partial hydrogenation accomplish chemically
(b)What did the product in the can look like before it was partially hydrogenated
(c)What is the physical effect of partial hydrogenation
(d)Why would it be misleading to say that the shortening is "made from 100% polyunsaturated oils"