Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid

Preferred Label : Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid;

NCIt synonyms : Fatty Acid, Total Polyunsaturated; Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids;

NCIt related terms : PUFA;

NCIt definition : A fatty acid containing more than one double bond (C C). The essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that contain 2 or more cis double bonds. Dietary intake of some PUFAs may have beneficial effects on blood pressure, serum lipds, and inflammation. Some PUFAs, such as omega-3 PUFAs, may have antineoplastic or chemopreventive activities.;

Alternative definition : CRCH: A class of dietary fatty acids containing two or more double bonds.;

Unit used : g;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:26208;

Details

Origin ID

C67038;

UMLS CUI

C0032615;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- polyunsaturated fatty acids [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Polyunsaturated fat (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids [LOINC component]
- polyunsaturated fatty acid [SNOMED Notion]
- polyunsaturated fatty acids [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- fatty acids, unsaturated [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids [LOINC component]
- polyunsaturated fatty acid [SNOMED Notion]
- polyunsaturated fatty acids [MeSH concept]
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- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Therapeutic Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCIt Antineoplastic Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]

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