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Which of the following vegetable oils does not contain essential fatty acids ?
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- Sunflower oil
- Mustard oil
- Coconut oil
- Groundnut oil
- Sunflower oil
Correct Option: A
Fatty Acids are aliphatic carboxylic acid with varying hydrocarbon lengths at one end of the chain joined to terminal carboxyl (-COOH) group at the other end. The general formula is R-(CH2)n-COOH. Fatty acids are predominantly unbranched and those with even numbers of carbon atoms between 12 and 22 carbons long react with glycerol to form lipids (fat-soluble components of living cells) in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Sunflower oil is high in the essential vitamin E and has no essential saturated fat.