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Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Unsaturated > Fatty Acids, Omega-3
Food and Beverages > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Fatty Acids, Omega-3
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Fatty Acids, Omega-3
Lipids > Fats > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Fatty Acids, Omega-3
Lipids > Oils > Fish Oils > Fatty Acids, Omega-3

Preferred term

Fatty Acids, Omega-3  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acid, N-3 Fatty
  • Acid, Omega-3 Fatty
  • Fatty Acid, N-3
  • Fatty Acid, n3
  • Fatty Acid, Omega-3
  • N 3 Fatty Acid
  • N-3 Fatty Acid
  • n3 Fatty Acid
  • n 3 Fatty Acids
  • n-3 Fatty Acids
  • n 3 Oil
  • n-3 Oil
  • n3 Oil
  • n 3 Oils
  • n-3 Oils
  • n3 Oils
  • n 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
  • n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
  • n3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
  • n 3 PUFA
  • n-3 PUFA
  • n3 PUFA
  • Oil, n-3
  • Oil, n3
  • Omega 3 Fatty Acid
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acid
  • Omega 3 Fatty Acids
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acids
  • PUFA, n-3
  • PUFA, n3

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Scope note

  • A group of unsaturated fatty acids occurring mainly in fish oils, with three double bonds at particular positions in the hydrocarbon chain.

History note

  • 1990; for n-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID use PIKASOL (NM) 2000-2005

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