lin·o·len·ic acid

(lĭn′ə-lĕn′ĭk)

An unsaturated fatty acid, C₁₈H₃₀O₂, considered essential to the human diet. It is an important component of natural drying oils.

[Blend of linoleic acid and -ene.]

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linolenic acid

(ˌlɪnəʊˈlɛnɪk; -ˈliː-)

(Elements & Compounds) a colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid found in drying oils, such as linseed oil, and used in making paints and synthetic resins; 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid. Formula: C18H30O2. Also called: alpha-linolenic acid

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lin′o•len′ic ac′id

(ˈlɪn lˈɛn ɪk, ˌlɪn-)
n.

an essential fatty acid, C₁₈H₃₀O₂, used in medicine and drying oils.

[< German Linolensäure (1887), alter. of Linolsäure linoleic acid, by insertion of -en -ene]

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Noun

linolenic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid

soyabean oil, soybean oil - oil from soya beans

omega-6, omega-6 fatty acid - a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning

flaxseed oil, linseed oil - a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints

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The association with linolenic acid (LNA) was not statistically significant.

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