Fatty acid

Introduction: Fatty acid

Description of Fatty acid

Fatty acid: organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid; chemically R COOH where R is an aliphatic moiety; the common fatty acids of biological origin are linear chains with an even number of carbon atoms.
Source: CRISP

Fatty acid: Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Fatty acid: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Fatty acid:

• Fatty
• Acid
• Fats
• Hydrolysis
• Long
• Chain
• Monobasic
• Organic
• Organic disease

Terms associated with Fatty acid:

Terms Similar to Fatty acid:

• Fatty Acids, Esterified
• Fatty Acids, Saturated

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Fatty acid:

• Caprylates
• Decanoic Acids
• Eicosanoic Acids
• Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
• Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
• Fatty Acids, Volatile
• Heptanoic Acids
• Lauric Acids
• Mycolic Acids
• Mycophenolic Acid
• Myristic Acids
• Palmitic Acids
• Prostanoic Acids
• Sodium Morrhuate
• Stearic Acids
• Mupirocin

Source - MeSH 2007

• free fatty acid
• hydroxy fatty acid
• long chain fatty acid
• saturated fatty acid
• short chain fatty acid
• unsaturated fatty acid

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Fatty acid

• carboxylate
• lipid

Source - CRISP

The term Fatty acid can be used for:

• aminoacyl fatty acid
• branched chain fatty acid
• fluoro fatty acid
• iodo fatty acid
• keto fatty acid
• lipoaminoacid

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Fatty acid:

• essential fatty acid

Source: CRISP

The description of Fatty acid may also be used for the following terms:

• delta aminolevulinate

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Fatty acid

The following list attempts to classify Fatty acid into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Lipids
  • Fatty Acids

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