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Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Unsaturated > Trans Fatty Acids

Preferred term

Trans Fatty Acids  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acids, Trans-Fatty
  • Acid, Trans Fatty
  • Fatty Acid, Trans
  • Trans Fatty Acid
  • Trans-Fatty Acids

Note

  • coord with specific fatty acid if pertinent

Scope note

  • UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS that contain at least one double bond in the trans configuration, which results in a greater bond angle than the cis configuration. This results in a more extended fatty acid chain similar to SATURATED FATTY ACIDS, with closer packing and reduced fluidity. HYDROGENATION of unsaturated fatty acids increases the trans content.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044242

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