Author Question: Vegetable shortening is a food product rich intransfatty acids. It is produced by converting ... (Read 127 times)

ENagel · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

Vegetable shortening is a food product rich intransfatty acids. It is produced by converting severalcisdouble bonds totransdouble bonds, which gives it texture and also reduces spoilage. Which of the following processes is used to manufacture vegetable shortening?
A) -oxidation
B) Partial hydrogenation
C) Aldol condensation
D) -hydroxylation

Question 2

A function of cholesterol is to:
A) synthesize many of the reproductive hormones.
B) inhibit the process of calcium homeostasis.
C) provide rigidity to cell membranes.
D) prevent lipid accumulation in the blood vessels.