Very Long Chain Fatty Acid

Preferred Label : Very Long Chain Fatty Acid;

NCIt synonyms : Cerotic Acid; VLCFA; Hexacosanoic Acid; C26:0;

NCIt related terms : C26:0 (VLCFA);

NCIt definition : A class of dietary fatty acids that have an alkyl chain length above 21 carbon atoms.;

Alternative definition : CRCH: A class of dietary fatty acids containing between 20 and 24 carbons.;

Unit used : g;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:27283;

Details

Origin ID

C68439;

UMLS CUI

C0542549;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cerotic acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fatty acids.long chain [LOINC component]
- Very long chain fatty acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cerotic acid [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- hexacosanoic acid [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- hexacosanoic acid [MeSH concept]
- hexacosanoic acid [Substance BNPC]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fatty acids.very long chain [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fatty acids.very long chain [LOINC component]
- Very long chain fatty acid (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]

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