clupanodonic acid

English

Etymology

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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 to any fish-derived fatty acid having twenty-two carbon atoms in its chain.