docosahexaenoic acid
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
docosahexaenoic acid (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) An essential 22-carbon atom omega-3 fatty acid with six cis double bonds, found in fish oils, metabolized to form the docosanoids.
Synonyms[edit]
- DHA
- cervonic acid
- (fatty acids nomenclature) all-cis-docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexa-enoic acid (shorthand name: 22:6(n-3))
Coordinate terms[edit]
- docosahexaenoate, cervonate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)