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Fatty acid

In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have an unbranched chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 4 to 28.

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History

Types of fatty acids

Nomenclature

Production

Fatty acids in dietary fats

Reactions of fatty acids

Circulation

Skin

Analysis

Industrial uses

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Fatty acid

Nodes186
Edges185
Triples130
Avg. degree1.99
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Fatty acid

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related to Hydrogenation and hardening · 13
Fatty acid → During, FAME, Fatty, H2, Hydrogenated, Hydrogenation, More, MPa, Related, Since, The, This, Typical
related to By animals · 10
Fatty acid → ATP, Carbohydrates, CoA, However, In, Pyruvate, The, There, This, To
related to Carbon atom numbering · 9
Fatty acid → C-x, Carbon, CH3, COOH, Cx, IUPAC, Most, The, This
related to Chemistry of saturated vs unsaturated acids · 8
Fatty acid → By, CH2, CnH, CO2H, Ozonolysis, The, These, Treatment
related to Even- vs odd-chained fatty acids · 8
Fatty acid → C15, C17, C18, Most, OCFA, OCFAs, On, The
related to Length of fatty acids · 8
Fatty acid → LCFAs, Long-chain, MCFAs, Medium-chain, SCFAs, Short-chain, Very, VLCFAs
related to Digestion and intake · 7
Fatty acid → At, From, However, Instead, It, Short, The
related to Acid-base reactions · 6
Fatty acid → As, Fatty, Near, Nonanoic, Solutions, This
related to Distribution · 6
Fatty acid → Blood, In, It, LDL, They, VLDL
related to Unsaturated fatty acids · 6
Fatty acid → In, Most, Some, The, They, Unsaturated

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fatty acids acid carbon triglycerides also unsaturated carbons chain esters saturated double form hydrogenation free atoms methyl used cell carboxylic

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Fatty acidis acarboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain0.90text
microalgae but in some other organisms are not found in their standalone forminstance ofin some species0.80text
but instead exist as three main classes of estersinstance ofin some species0.80text
the essential fatty acidsinstance ofeven in the case of multiple double bonds0.80text
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsFatty0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsNonanoic0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsAs0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsNear0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsSolutions0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to Acid-base reactionsThis0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to AnalysisThe0.60section
Fatty acidrelated to AnalysisSeparation0.60section

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