Describe the Process of Hydrogenation Used to Prevent Spoilage of Oils

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Essay

Describe the process of hydrogenation used to prevent spoilage of oils containing unsaturated fatty acids and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this process.

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Definitions:

Flowering Plants

Plants that produce flowers as their reproductive structures; members of the angiosperm lineage.

Diploid Generation

The phase in the life cycle of a plant or algae that has a double set of chromosomes, typical of the sporophyte generation.

Conifers

A group of cone-bearing seed plants predominantly evergreen, such as pines and firs, characterized by needles or scale-like leaves.

Gymnosperm

Seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed within a fruit; a conifer, cycad, ginkgo, or gnetophyte.