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  • Monounsaturated Fatty Acids: Definition, Properties & Examples
    A fatty acid with one double bond is described as monounsaturated.

    Here's why:

    * Saturated: A fatty acid is saturated if all the carbon atoms in its chain are bonded to the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible. This means there are no double bonds.

    * Unsaturated: A fatty acid is unsaturated if it contains at least one double bond between carbon atoms in the chain.

    * Monounsaturated: This specifically refers to a fatty acid with only one double bond.

    * Polyunsaturated: This refers to a fatty acid with two or more double bonds.

    So, a fatty acid with one double bond is monounsaturated.

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