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docosatetraene

docosatetraene noun: a diene that has 22 carbon atoms and four double bonds.

Noun

docosatetraene (plural docosatetraenes)

  1. A diene that has 22 carbon atoms and four double bonds.
    • When corn oil was used in the diet, the docosatetraene and, to a lesser extent, the pentaene were present in higher concentrations than when lard was the dietary fat.1963, Brian L. Walker, Fred A. Kummerow, “Dietary Fat and the Structure and Properties of Rat Erythrocytes”, in The Journal of Nutrition, volume 80, page 79

Forms of docosatetraene

pluraldocosatetraenes

Words formed from docosatetraene

Questions about docosatetraene

What does docosatetraene mean?
Docosatetraene means a diene that has 22 carbon atoms and four double bonds.
What part of speech is docosatetraene?
Docosatetraene is a noun.
What is the plural of docosatetraene?
The plural of docosatetraene is docosatetraenes.

Words near docosatetraene in the dictionary

  1. docosapentaene
  2. docosapentaenoate
  3. docosapentaenoates
  4. docosapentaenoic
  5. docosapentaenoic acid
  6. docosatetraene
  7. docosatetraenoic
  8. docosatetraenoic acid
  9. docosatetraenoylethanolamide
  10. docosatriene
  11. docosatrienes

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