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POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("polyunsaturated fatty acid" is a kind of...):
unsaturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyunsaturated fatty acid"):
omega-3; omega-3 fatty acid (a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning)
omega-6; omega-6 fatty acid (a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning)
linoleic acid; linolic acid (a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap)
Context examples:
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 20 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th carbons from the methyl end.
(Eicosatetraenoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th carbons from the methyl end.
(Parinaric Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 20 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 6th and 9th carbons from the methyl end.
(Eicosadienoic Acid n-6, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 9th and 12th carbons from the methyl end.
(Octadecadienoic Acid n-9, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids are synthesized by the body, whereas polyunsaturated fatty acids are not and must be obtained in the diet.
(Fatty acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds.
(Octadecadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 3rd and 6th carbons from the methyl end.
(Octadecadienoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 4th and 7th carbons from the methyl end.
(Octadecadienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 3 double bonds.
(Docosatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 3 double bonds at the 6th, 9th and 12th carbons from the methyl end.
(Gamolenic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
