plural of trans fatty acid

plural of nonesterified fatty acid

plural of free fatty acid

plural of essential fatty acid

(biochemistry) A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond.

(biochemistry) any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F

a fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon to carbon double bonds

(biochemistry) A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.

An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.

(biochemistry) Any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis