- saturated fatty acid
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a fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds
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saturated fatty acid — noun a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats • Hypernyms: ↑fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑margaric acid, ↑heptadecanoic acid, ↑butyric acid, ↑butanoic acid, ↑capric acid, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Fatty acid desaturase — Fatty acid desaturase, type 1 Identifiers Symbol Fatty acid desaturase 1 Pfam PF00487 InterPro … Wikipedia
fatty acid — noun any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22… … Useful english dictionary
Fatty acid synthase — (FAS) is enzymatic system composed of 272 kDa multifunctional polypeptide, in which substrates are handed from one functional domain to the next [Alberts, A.W., Strauss, A.W., Hennessy, S. Vagelos, P.R. Regulation of synthesis of hepatic fatty… … Wikipedia
fatty acid — n. any of a class of lipids consisting of various saturated or unsaturated, monobasic organic acids, generally R·COOH, usually in a straight chain: they occur naturally in the form of glycerol esters in animal or vegetable fats and oils … English World dictionary
unsaturated fatty acid — noun A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, that contains one carbon to carbon double bond. See Also: unsaturated fat, saturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid … Wiktionary
polyunsaturated fatty acid — noun a fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon to carbon double bonds See Also: polyunsaturated fat, saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid … Wiktionary
Fatty acid — Not to be confused with fat. Butyric acid, a short chain fatty acid Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyun … Wikipedia
Fatty acid — One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell membranes as a component of phospholipids and glycolipids. (Carboxylic acid is an organic acid containing the functional group COOH.) Fatty… … Medical dictionary
fatty acid — Biochem. any of a class of aliphatic acids, esp. palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds to glycerol to form a fat. [1860 65] * * * Organic compound that is an important… … Universalium
