LINOLEIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linoleic acid mean? 

• LINOLEIC ACID (noun)
  The noun LINOLEIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap

  Familiarity information: LINOLEIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINOLEIC ACID (noun)

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Meaning:

A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

linoleic acid; linolic acid

Hypernyms ("linoleic acid" is a kind of...):

polyunsaturated fatty acid (an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil)

Holonyms ("linoleic acid" is a substance of...):

corn oil (oil from the germs of corn grains)

soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)

flaxseed oil; linseed oil (a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints)

 Context examples 

The oil contains the fatty acids linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a rare essential fatty acid.

(Evening Primrose Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A linoleic acid derivative with antihyperlipidemic activity.

(Moctamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Three stereoisomers of conjugated linoleic acid, n-7 are recognized.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-7, NCI Thesaurus)

Three stereoisomers of conjugated linoleic acid, n-6 are recognized.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-6, NCI Thesaurus)

It is formed by the synthesis from dietary linoleic acid and is a precursor in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes.(ChemID Plus)

(Arachidonic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A slightly altered form of linoleic acid, which is an omega-6 fatty acid important to human health.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A frequent consumption of vegetable oil-based margarines containing at least 60 per cent fat was associated with higher proportions of the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acids and alpha-linolenic acids in plasma.

(Blood Fatty Acids Reveal Your Child's Diet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Additionally, the fish oil/glycerol/egg lecithin-based emulsion contains, myristic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, octadecatetraenoic acid, eicosaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, docosaenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid.

(Fish Oil/Glycerol/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)