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