Definition that contains saturated fatty acid
- canola vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids
- myristic acid a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats
- omega-3 fatty acid a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning
- elaidic acid a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods
- polyunsaturated fatty acid an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil
- linolenic acid a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid
- octadecanoic acid a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats
- omega-6 a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
- eleostearic acid a crystalline unsaturated fatty acid
- stearic acid a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats