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Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Unsaturated > Fatty Acids, Essential > Linolenic Acids

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Linolenic Acids  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not confuse with LINOLEIC ACIDS

Scope note

  • Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain three double bonds.

History note

  • 75; was LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74, was LINOLENIC ACID see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-72

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008042

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