linoleic acid

chemical compound and essential nutrient
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q407426
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linoleic acid

Summary

linoleic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • linoleic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • linoleic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Linoleic Acid Structural Formulae V.2.svg[4].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Free fatty acid receptor 1[5].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Free fatty acid receptor 4[6].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha[7].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily B member 1[8].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma[9].
  • linoleic acid's physically interacts with is recorded as Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8[10].
  • linoleic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4167772-9[11].
  • linoleic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 60-33-3[12].
  • linoleic acid's EC number is recorded as 200-470-9[13].
  • linoleic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O[14].
  • linoleic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C18H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h6-7,9-10H,2-5,8,11-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)/b7-6-,10-9-[15].
  • linoleic acid's InChIKey is recorded as OYHQOLUKZRVURQ-HZJYTTRNSA-N[16].
  • linoleic acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh98004643[17].
  • linoleic acid's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12290553m[18].
  • linoleic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₈H₃₂O₂[19].
  • linoleic acid's subclass of is recorded as omega-6 fatty acid[20].
  • linoleic acid's subclass of is recorded as essential fatty acid[21].
  • linoleic acid's subclass of is recorded as octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid[22].
  • linoleic acid's Commons category is recorded as Linoleic acid[23].
  • linoleic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D019787[24].
  • linoleic acid's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52147[25].
  • linoleic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[26].
  • linoleic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[27].

Why It Matters

linoleic acid ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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