fatty acid
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[edit]Noun
[edit]fatty acid (plural fatty acids)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n 1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
Usage notes
[edit]- The above general formula applies to the saturated fatty acids. Remove 2 hydrogen atoms for an unsaturated fatty acid, and 2 hydrogen atoms for every double bond in a polyunsaturated fatty acid.
Hyponyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:fatty acid
Related terms
[edit]- acetic acid - C2
- butyric acid - C4
- caproic acid - C6
- caprylic acid - C8
- capric acid - C10
- lauric acid - C12
- myristic acid - C14
- palmitic acid - C16
- stearic acid - C18
- arachidic acid - C20
- obtusilic acid, caproleic acid - C10 unsaturated
- lauroleic acid, linderic acid - C12 unsaturated
- myristoleic acid, physeteric acid, tsuzuic acid - C14 unsaturated
- palmitoleic acid - C16 unsaturated
- petroselinic acid, oleic acid, vaccenic acid - C18 unsaturated
- gadoleic acid, gondoic acid - C20 unsaturated
- cetoleic acid, erucic acid - C22 unsaturated
- nervonic acid - C24 unsaturated
- elaidic acid - C18 trans-unsaturated
- linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated
- linolenic acid - C18 polyunsaturated
- arachidonic acid - C20 polyunsaturated
Translations
[edit]acid
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References
[edit]- “fatty acid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.