arachidonic acid

arachidonic acid

English

Noun

arachidonic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds, found in animal fats; it is essential for human nutrition, being a precursor to the production of prostaglandins.

Translations

long chain fatty acid precursor to prostaglandins

Finnish: arakidonihappo French: acide arachidonique (fr) m German: Arachidonsäure (de) f Hindi: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla) Hungarian: arachidonsav Italian: please add this translation if you can Marathi: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla)

Nepali: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla) Portuguese: ácido araquidónico m (Portugal), ácido araquidônico m (Brazil) Russian: арахидо́новая кислота́ (ru) f (araxidónovaja kislotá) Spanish: ácido araquidónico m Swedish: arakidonsyra (sv) c Vietnamese: axit arachidonic

See also

• arachidic acid