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

Edition 9ISBN: 9780134295510
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Becker's World of the Cell 9th Edition by Lewis Kleinsmith, Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni

Edition 9ISBN: 9780134295510
Exercise 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"
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Hydrogenation is a process that redu...

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