Question

The degree of unsaturation of lipids can be measured as

A Iodine number Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Saponification number Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Reichert Meissel number Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Polenske number Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Iodine number is a measure of the degree of unsaturation of lipid/fats, being  the amount of iodine that chemically reacts with a fat/lipid. It is proportional to the number of double bonds linking C atoms to the lipid/fat

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