clupanodonic acid

English

Noun

clupanodonic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) The polyunsaturated fatty acid all-cis-docosa-7,10,13,16,19-pentaenoic acid found in fish oil

Usage notes
  • Formerly used as a general term for all fish-derived fatty acids having twenty-two carbon atoms in their chain
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