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Definitions of saturated fatty acid
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  • 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
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