Question

What is the importance of iodine number in unsaturated lipids?

Answer 1

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• The iodine value is a measure of the relative degree of unsaturation in oil components, as determined by the uptake of halogen. Because the melting point and oxidative stability are related to the degree of unsaturation, IV provides an estimation of these quality factors.

Answer 2

QUESTION:--

What is the importance of iodine number in unsaturated lipids?

ANSWER:--

The iodine value (or iodine adsorption value or iodine number or iodine index, commonly abbreviated as IV) in chemistry is the mass of iodine in grams that is consumed by 100 grams of a chemical substance. Iodine numbers are often used to determine the amount of unsaturation in fats, oils and waxes. In fatty acids, unsaturation occurs mainly as double bonds which are very reactive towards halogens, the iodine in this case. Thus, the higher the iodine value, the more unsaturations are present in the fat.