Essential fatty acids, which are required in the human diet, are

A) those fatty acids that humans are unable to synthesize.
B) the fatty acids that humans can synthesize from simpler molecules.
C) the fatty acids used in the construction of the phospholipids of cell membranes.
D) stored in the gallbladder.


Answer: A

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