arachidonic acid

English

Noun

arachidonic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds, found in animal fats; it is essential for human nutrition, being a precursor to the production of prostaglandins.

Translations

long chain fatty acid precursor to prostaglandins

• Finnish: arakidonihappo
• French: acide arachidonique (fr) m
• German: Arachidonsäure (de) f
• Hindi: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla)
• Hungarian: arachidonsav
• Italian: acido arachidonico (it) m
• Marathi: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla)
• Nepali: कलायायिकाम्ल (kalāyāyikāmla)
• Portuguese: ácido araquidónico m (Portugal), ácido araquidônico m (Brazil)
• Russian: арахидо́новая кислота́ (ru) f (araxidónovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido araquidónico m
• Swedish: arakidonsyra (sv) c
• Vietnamese: axit arachidonic

See also

• arachidic acid