saturated fatty acid

DEFINITIONS OF: saturated fatty acid

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; heptadecanoic acid, margaric acid
a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid; butanoic acid, butyric acid
an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter; capric acid, decanoic acid
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats; caproic acid, hexanoic acid
a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats; caprylic acid
a fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils; dodecanoic acid, lauric acid
a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil); myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid
a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats; hexadecanoic acid, palmitic acid
a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products; octadecanoic acid, stearic acid
a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats; hydroxybutyric acid, oxybutyric acid
hydroxy derivative of butyric acid

Type of:: fatty acid
any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms

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