Unsaturated fatty acids store less energy because they have fewer hydrogen ions and more C=C bonds compared to fatty acids with only C–H bonds.
Unsaturated fatty acids have fewer hydrogen atoms and more carbon-carbon double bonds than saturated fatty acids, resulting in lower energy storage capacity.
| Text | unsaturated fatty acids contain fewer hydrogen ions than the maximum, which means there are more C=C bonds than in fatty acids with only C–H bonds, so they store less energy. |
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