See Also: saturated fatty acid(medicine)
Saturated fatty acids(medicine)
fatty acid(dictionary)
Fatty acid(health)
Acid, fatty(health)
fatty acid(encyclopedia)
Fatty acid(medicine)
essential fatty acid(medicine)
fatty acid reductase(medicine)
diethenoid fatty acid(medicine)

saturated fatty acid (medicine)


saturated fatty acid


A fatty acid, the carbon chain of which contains no ethylenic or other unsaturated linkages between carbon atoms (e.g., stearic acid and palmitic acid); called saturated because it is incapable of absorbing any more hydrogen.