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Linolenic Acids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Linolenic Acids
Tree Number(s)
D10.251.355.310.640
Unique ID
D008042
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008042
Annotation
do not confuse with LINOLEIC ACIDS
Scope Note
Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain three double bonds.
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Fatty Acids, Essential (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note
75; was LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74, was LINOLENIC ACID see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-72
Online Note
use LINOLENIC ACIDS to search LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74; use FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1966-72
History Note
75; was LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74, was LINOLENIC ACID see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-72
Date Established
1973/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/23
Linolenic Acids Preferred
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