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trienoic

trienoic adjective: describing a carboxylic acid (especially a polyunsaturated fatty acid) that has three double bonds in its chain.

Adjective

trienoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a carboxylic acid (especially a polyunsaturated fatty acid) that has three double bonds in its chain
    • Additionally, the ratio of dienoic and trienoic fatty acids to total fatty acids was higher in TNG67.2015 July 2, Yang Y-W, Chen H-C, Jen W-F, Liu L-Y, Chang M-C, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Shoots and Roots of TNG67 and TCN1 Rice Seedlings under Cold Stress and Following Subsequent...

Origin of trienoic

From triene + -oic.

Questions about trienoic

What does trienoic mean?
Trienoic means describing a carboxylic acid (especially a polyunsaturated fatty acid) that has three double bonds in its chain.
What part of speech is trienoic?
Trienoic is an adjective.

Words near trienoic in the dictionary

  1. triennial
  2. triennially
  3. triennials
  4. triennium
  5. trienniums
  6. trienoic
  7. triens
  8. trientes
  9. trientine
  10. triepoxide
  11. triepoxides

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