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What does unsaturation mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) The condition of being unsaturated
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The degree of unsaturation of fatty acids has been shown to influence several of these steps, at least in mammals.
The current work shows that lipid asymmetry and unsaturation both result in high critical pressures in monolayers.
In many cases, properties attributed to sphingomyelins may simply be due to chain length and unsaturation.
Simultaneously with the change of some of the unsaturation to the trans configuration there is a migration of double bonds along the chain.
Elongation and unsaturation of fatty acids occurs in both the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum.
The color of a dye is due to its ability to absorb light in the visible region of the spectrum, an ability enhanced by unsaturation and resonance.

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