Lipids differ in their degree of saturation or unsaturation due to the number of

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Raquel Arnold

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8 March, 06:32

Lipids differ in their degree of saturation or unsaturation due to the number of

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Nathanael Ashley · Answer 1

The degree of saturation is the number of hydrogen molecules in a lipid. Lipids differ in their degree of saturation or unsaturation based on the number of double bonds that the lipid has; since double bonds lower the number of hydrogen molecules in the lipid.