fatty acid
Noun
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Noun
fatty acid (plural fatty acids)
- (chemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
- acetic acid - C2
- butyric acid - C4
- caproic acid - C6
- caprylic acid - C8
- capric acid - C10
- lauric acid - C12
- myristic acid - C14
- palmitic acid - C16
- stearic acid - C18
- arachidic acid - C20
- obtusilic acid, caproleic acid - C10 unsaturated
- lauroleic acid, linderic acid - C12 unsaturated
- myristoleic acid, physeteric acid, tsuzuic acid - C14 unsaturated
- palmitoleic acid - C16 unsaturated
- petroselinic acid, oleic acid, vaccenic acid - C18 unsaturated
- gadoleic acid, gondoic acid - C20 unsaturated
- cetoleic acid, erucic acid - C22 unsaturated
- nervonic acid - C24 unsaturated
- elaidic acid - C18 trans-unsaturated
- linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated
- linolenic acid - C18 polyunsaturated
- arachidonic acid - C20 polyunsaturated
- French: acide gras
- German: Fettsäure
- Portuguese: ácido graxo
- Russian: жи́рная кислота́
- Spanish: ácido graso
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