Biologically Active Substance
docosapentaenoic acid
Definitions related to docosapentaenoic acid:
  • A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 5 double bonds.
    CRCH Nutrition Terminology
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
  • A polyunsaturated very long-chain fatty acid with a 22-carbon backbone and exactly 5 double bonds. There are 3 recognized isomers of docosapentaenoic acid, and double-bonds for this fatty acid can be originating from either the (3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, and 15th), the (3rd, 7th, 10th, 14th, and 18th), or the (6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, and 18th) positions from the methyl end.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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