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LINOLEIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does linoleic acid mean?
• LINOLEIC ACID (noun)
The noun LINOLEIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap
Familiarity information: LINOLEIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
linoleic acid; linolic acid
Hypernyms ("linoleic acid" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("linoleic acid" is a substance of...):
corn oil (oil from the germs of corn grains)
soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)
flaxseed oil; linseed oil (a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints)
Context examples
The oil contains the fatty acids linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a rare essential fatty acid.
(Evening Primrose Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
A linoleic acid derivative with antihyperlipidemic activity.
(Moctamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Three stereoisomers of conjugated linoleic acid, n-7 are recognized.
(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-7, NCI Thesaurus)
Three stereoisomers of conjugated linoleic acid, n-6 are recognized.
(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-6, NCI Thesaurus)
It is formed by the synthesis from dietary linoleic acid and is a precursor in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes.(ChemID Plus)
(Arachidonic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A slightly altered form of linoleic acid, which is an omega-6 fatty acid important to human health.
(Conjugated Linoleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A frequent consumption of vegetable oil-based margarines containing at least 60 per cent fat was associated with higher proportions of the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acids and alpha-linolenic acids in plasma.
(Blood Fatty Acids Reveal Your Child's Diet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Additionally, the fish oil/glycerol/egg lecithin-based emulsion contains, myristic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, octadecatetraenoic acid, eicosaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, docosaenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid.
(Fish Oil/Glycerol/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
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