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petroselinic acid

petroselinic acid noun: an unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.

Noun

petroselinic acid (uncountable)

  1. An unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.

Questions about petroselinic acid

What does petroselinic acid mean?
Petroselinic acid means an unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.
What part of speech is petroselinic acid?
Petroselinic acid is a noun.

Words near petroselinic acid in the dictionary

  1. petrosectomies
  2. petrosectomy
  3. petroselinate
  4. petroselinates
  5. petroselinic
  6. petroselinic acid
  7. Petrosian
  8. Petrosians
  9. petrosilex
  10. petrosilexes
  11. petrosiliceous

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