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unsaturated fatty acid

fatty acid having at least one double or triple bond within the carbon chain
Class type of: fatty acid, unsaturated compound Q2250497

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
structural class of chemical entities
Subclass of
fatty acid, unsaturated compound[2][3]
Part of
unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process[4]
Different from
unsaturated fat[6]
Has list
list of unsaturated fatty acids[7]
Opposite of
saturated fatty acid[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fatty Acids, Unsaturated en unsaturated fatty acids en unsaturated fatty acid en UFA ar حمض دهني غير مشبع cs nenasycená mastná kyselina cs nenasycené mastné kyseliny de ungesättigte Fettsäure es ácidos grasos no saturados es ácido graso insaturado es acido graso insaturado es acidos grasos no saturados fi tyydyttymätön rasvahappo fr acide gras insature fr acide gras insaturé fr acides gras insaturés it acidi grassi insaturi ja 不飽和カルボン酸 ja 不飽和脂肪酸 ko 불포화 지방산
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh99004872
GND ID
4208737-5
BNCF Thesaurus ID
51916
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135377538
ChEBI ID
27208
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3XRSOb
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
105624
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120qdstd
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
unsaturated-fatty-acids
LIPID MAPS ID
LMFA0103
MeSH descriptor ID
D005231
MeSH tree code
D10.251.355
Show all 16 identifiers +4
NL CR AUT ID
ph280634
SVKKL authority ID
0361937-nenasycene-mastne-kyseliny
Topic's main category
Category:Unsaturated fatty acids
Yale LUX ID
concept/bb5c26df-5b1f-44f7-b2ac-44cefc8da1d9

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 41
oleic acid, omega-3 fatty acid, acrylic acid, sorbic acid, omega-6 fatty acid, icosanoid, eicosapentaenoic acid, elaidic acid +33 more
Subclass of 2
fatty acid, unsaturated compound
Different from 1
unsaturated fat
Opposite of 1
saturated fatty acid
Topic's main category 1
Category:Unsaturated fatty acids
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Unsaturated fatty acids
← Different from 1
unsaturated fat
← Opposite of 1
saturated fatty acid
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Summary

unsaturated fatty acid is a structural class of chemical entities[1].

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Class ancestry

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3XRSOb
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of unsaturated fatty acids
    Opposite of → saturated fatty acid
    Part of → unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process
    Topic's main category → Category:Unsaturated fatty acids
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0361937-nenasycene-mastne-kyseliny, batch #259599"
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