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omega-6 fatty acid

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several polyunsaturated fatty acids, including linoleic acid, that are essential for human metabolism, found in meats, nuts, beans, and vegetable oils such as canola and soybean oil.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry any polyunsaturated fatty acid having a double bond between the sixth and seventh carbon atoms from the end of the molecule farthest from the carboxylic acid; although they are essential fatty acids, there is evidence that excess levels can cause a number of diseases

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[So called because the first double bond in the chain of carbon atoms in such fatty acids is found between the sixth and seventh atoms when counted from the omega end of the chain.]

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