docosatetraene

English

Noun

docosatetraene (plural docosatetraenes)

1. A diene that has 22 carbon atoms and four double bonds.
   • 1963, Brian L. Walker, Fred A. Kummerow, “Dietary Fat and the Structure and Properties of Rat Erythrocytes”, in The Journal of Nutrition, volume 80, page 79:

     When corn oil was used in the diet, the docosatetraene and, to a lesser extent, the pentaene were present in higher concentrations than when lard was the dietary fat.

Derived terms

• docosatetraenoic