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trans fatty acid en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.
   • Recently, however, scientists have found that trans fatty acids produced by hydrogenation actually raise blood cholesterol levels. 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

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Relateds

saturated fat · trans fat · unsaturated fat · polyunsaturated fat

Translations (5)

nb transfettsyre (type of unsaturated fatty acid) · da transfedtsyre (type of unsaturated fatty acid) · cmn 反式脂肪酸 (type of unsaturated fatty acid) · fi transrasvahappo (type of unsaturated fatty acid) · ru транс-изомеры жирная кислота́ (type of unsaturated fatty acid)