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CHEBI:59549 - essential fatty acid
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ChEBI Name
essential fatty acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:59549
Definition
Any member of the sub-set of polyunsaturated fatty acid for which there is an absolute dietary requirement.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Chemical Role
(s):
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Br
o
nsted base).
(via
oxoacid
)
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CHEBI:24431 chemical entity
CHEBI:23367 molecular entity
CHEBI:33579 main group molecular entity
CHEBI:33675 p-block molecular entity
CHEBI:33582 carbon group molecular entity
CHEBI:50860 organic molecular entity
CHEBI:33285 heteroorganic entity
CHEBI:36962 organochalcogen compound
CHEBI:36963 organooxygen compound
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36586 carbonyl compound
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:72695 organic molecule
CHEBI:36587 organic oxo compound
CHEBI:36586 carbonyl compound
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:64709 organic acid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:18059 lipid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:33304 chalcogen molecular entity
CHEBI:25806 oxygen molecular entity
CHEBI:24651 hydroxides
CHEBI:24833 oxoacid
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36963 organooxygen compound
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36586 carbonyl compound
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36962 organochalcogen compound
CHEBI:36963 organooxygen compound
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36586 carbonyl compound
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:33674 s-block molecular entity
CHEBI:33608 hydrogen molecular entity
CHEBI:24651 hydroxides
CHEBI:24833 oxoacid
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:36357 polyatomic entity
CHEBI:37577 heteroatomic molecular entity
CHEBI:24651 hydroxides
CHEBI:24833 oxoacid
CHEBI:35605 carbon oxoacid
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
CHEBI:25367 molecule
CHEBI:72695 organic molecule
CHEBI:36587 organic oxo compound
CHEBI:36586 carbonyl compound
CHEBI:33575 carboxylic acid
CHEBI:25384 monocarboxylic acid
CHEBI:35366 fatty acid
CHEBI:27208 unsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:26208 polyunsaturated fatty acid
CHEBI:59549 essential fatty acid
CHEBI:36009 ω−6 fatty acid
CHEBI:25048 linolenic acid
CHEBI:140941 ω−9 fatty acid
CHEBI:25681 ω−3 fatty acid
Relationship Types
is a
has part
is conjugate base of
is conjugate acid of
is tautomer of
is enantiomer of
has functional parent
has parent hydride
is substituent group from
has role
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