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triene

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triene [ˈtraɪˌiːn]
n
(Chemistry) a chemical compound containing three double bonds


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Antileukotriene Agents The name leukotriene is based on the fact that these molecules were originally isolated from leukocytes, and the carbon backbone has three double bonds in series, termed a triene.
But in the main, food sources provide inadequate levels unless they are eaten raw (the triene structure in vitamin D is degraded by acid and light-catalyzed isomerization) and in sufficient quantity – most of us do not do that.
Fine spectral detail due to conjugated diene and triene systems characteristic of extra-virgin oil is swamped and lost when refined oils are present, and this is readily observable oil the graphic display of the S22 and S32 instruments.
 
 
 
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