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fatty acid

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Any aliphatic monocarboxylic acid derived from or contained in esterified form in an animal or vegetable fat, oil or wax. Natural fatty acids commonly have a chain of 4 to 28 carbons (usually unbranched and even-numbered), which may be saturated or unsaturated. By extension, the term is sometimes used to embrace all acyclic aliphatic carboxylic acids.

Synonyms: fatty acids, Fatty acid

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

charge

0

formula

CHO2R

has related synonym

acido graso, Fettsaeure, fatty acids, acide gras, Fettsaeuren, acidos grasos, acides gras

has alternative id

CHEBI:24024, CHEBI:4984, CHEBI:13633

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

id

CHEBI:35366

mass

45.01740

monoisotopicmass

44.99765

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