docosahexaenoic acid

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Docosahexaenoic acid

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docosahexaenoic acid (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An essential 22-carbon atom omega-3 fatty acid with six cis double bonds, found in fish oils, metabolized to form the docosanoids.

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  • 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)