“…Similar to nickel and iron, copper is a strong pro-oxidant in fats and oils (Franzke, Grunert, Fitzner, & Rossow, 1972;Janíček, Zwain, Pokorný, & Davídek, 1963;Pokorný, Kondratenko, & Janíček, 1967;Sedláček, 1971). Copper ions may oxidize fatty acids directly, and thus contribute to the initiation of fat oxidation.…”