Definition of Polyunsaturated fatty acid

1. 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.


Definition of Polyunsaturated fatty acid

1. Noun. a fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon to carbon double bonds ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid

polyubiquitination
polyubiquitinations
polyubiquitins
polyubiquitinylate
polyubiquitinylates
polyubiquitylate
polyubiquitylated
polyubiquitylates
polyubiquitylation
polyubiquitylations
polyunguia
polyunsaturate
polyunsaturated
polyunsaturated fat
polyunsaturated fats
polyunsaturated fatty acid (current term)
polyunsaturated fatty acids
polyunsaturates
polyunsaturation
polyurea
polyureas
polyurethane
polyurethane foam
polyurethaned
polyurethanes
polyuria
polyuria test
polyurias
polyuric
polyuridine

Literary usage of Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis: Workshop Summary by Carol West Suitor, Linda D. Meyers (2007)
"This negative aspect of this gene variant is expressed only in the case of higher n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake. Dr. Ordovas also suggested revising ..."

2. The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health: Summary and by C. Everett Koop (1994)
"While polyunsaturated fatty acid consumption, and probably monounsaturated fatty acid consumption, lowers total blood cholesterol, the precise effects of ..."

3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science, Best Practicesby Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper by Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper (2002)
"Role of acetyl-l-carnitine in rat brain lipogenesis: Implications for polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis. Journal of Neurochemistry, 71, 2510-2517. ..."

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