| Omega-9 Fatty Acid |
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Two commercially important ω-9 fatty acids are:
Unlike ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids, ω-9 fatty acids are not classed as Essential Fatty Acids (EFA). This is both because they can be created by the human body from Unsaturated Fat and are therefore not essential in the diet, and because the lack of an ω-6 double bond keeps them from participating in the reactions that form the Eicosanoid s. Under severe conditions of EFA deprivation, mammals will elongate and desaturate oleic acid to make and semi-vegetarians. (Phinney, 1990) LIST OF OMEGA-9 FATTY ACIDS SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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