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  • adjective Of or pertaining to vaccenic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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Latin vacca, cow

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Examples

  • In addition, trans-vaccenic acid trans11-C18 : 1, TVA which originates from linoleic and linolenic acid plays an important role as precursor of rumenic acid.

    Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and breast milk | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • University of Alberta researcher Flora Wang found that a diet with enriched levels of trans vaccenic ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • In milk and meat the predominant trans fatty acid is trans-11 18: 1 (vaccenic acid).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anne J. Wanders et al. 2010

  • CLA is also formed from ingested vaccenic acid in animals and in humans

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anne J. Wanders et al. 2010

  • In both studies, some 60 to 80% of the animal trans consisted not of CLA but of vaccenic acid (trans-11 18: 1), a trans fatty acid also found in partially hydrogenated industrial fats.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anne J. Wanders et al. 2010

  • Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) is the precursor to CLA, and it comes from the rumen breakdown of forages as well as from the oil in grains.

    High Plains Journal 2008

  • Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) is the precursor to CLA, and it comes from the rumen breakdown of forages as well as from the oil in grains.

    High Plains Journal 2008

  • Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) is the precursor to CLA, and it comes from the rumen breakdown of forages as well as from the oil in grains.

    High Plains Journal 2008

  • Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) is the precursor to CLA, and it comes from the rumen breakdown of forages as well as from the oil in grains.

    High Plains Journal 2008

  • Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) is the precursor to CLA, and it comes from the rumen breakdown of forages as well as from the oil in grains.

    High Plains Journal 2008

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