docosahexaenoic acid

English

Docosahexaenoic acid

Noun

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

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

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)

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