Fatty Acid
Of carboxylic acid.
Any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
This concept's ID is @1~74447
Contains
- saturated fatty acid
A fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found...
- unsaturated fatty acid
A fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms.
- trans fatty acid
A fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid...