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Organic Chemicals > Amides > Polyunsaturated Alkamides
Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkynes > Polyunsaturated Alkamides
Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkenes > Polyunsaturated Alkamides

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Polyunsaturated Alkamides  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Alkamides, Polyunsaturated
  • Alkylamides, Polyunsaturated
  • Polyunsaturated Alkylamides

Scope note

  • Amides composed of unsaturated aliphatic FATTY ACIDS linked with AMINES by an amide bond. They are most prominent in ASTERACEAE; PIPERACEAE; and RUTACEAE; and also found in ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; POACEAE; and SOLANACEAE. They are recognized by their pungent taste and for causing numbing and salivation.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053284

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