# fatty acid metabolic process

> The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis.

**Wikidata**: [Q14860867](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14860867)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_metabolism)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/fatty-acid-metabolic-process


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. UMLS 2023
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)