Docosahexaenoic Acid

Preferred Label : Docosahexaenoic Acid;

NCIt related terms : Fatty Acid 22:6;

NCIt definition : A polyunsaturated very long-chain fatty acid with a 22-carbon backbone and 6 double bonds. Four separate isomers can be called by this name.;

Alternative definition : CRCH: A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 6 double bonds.;

Unit used : g;

Chemical formula : C22H32O2;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:36005;

Details

Origin ID

C68345;

UMLS CUI

C0556150;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- docosahexaenoic acid [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Docosahexaenoic acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- docosahexaenoic acids [MeSH Descriptor]
- docosahexaenoic acids [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- docosahexaenoic acid (All-Z isomer) [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Docosahexaenoic acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]

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