trans fatty acid

noun

Definitions

  1. An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans…

    An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.

    • Recently, however, scientists have found that trans fatty acids produced by hydrogenation actually raise blood cholesterol levels.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trans fatty acid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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