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unsaturated fatty acid — Fatty acid with one or more double bonds … Dictionary of molecular biology
unsaturated fatty acid — noun a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms • Hypernyms: ↑fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑monounsaturated fatty acid, ↑polyunsaturated fatty acid, ↑ricinoleic acid, ↑eleostearic acid, ↑elaeostearic acid … Useful english dictionary
Unsaturated fatty acid — Ненасыщенная жирная кислота … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
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 desaturase — Fatty acid desaturase, type 1 Identifiers Symbol Fatty acid desaturase 1 Pfam PF00487 InterPro … 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
trans fatty acid — noun a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated… … Useful english dictionary
polyunsaturated fatty acid — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑unsaturated fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑omega 3 fatty acid … Useful english dictionary
trans-fatty acid — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : an unsaturated fatty acid characterized by a trans arrangement of alkyl chains that is formed especially during the hydrogenation of vegetable oils and has been linked to an increase in blood cholesterol * * * ˌtrans fatty … Useful english dictionary
monounsaturated fatty acid — noun an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in olive oil and chicken and almonds • Hypernyms: ↑unsaturated fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑elaidic acid, ↑oleic acid … Useful english dictionary
