Term: blood plasma fatty acid
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Name: blood plasma
Synonyms:
Definition: Portion of organism substance that is the liquid matrix of blood.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005654]
Name: fatty acid
Synonyms: acide gras, acides gras, acido graso, acidos grasos, Fatty acid, fatty acids, Fettsaeure, Fettsaeuren
Definition: Any aliphatic monocarboxylic acid derived from or contained in esterified form in an animal or vegetable fat, oil or wax. Natural fatty acids commonly have a chain of 4 to 28 carbons (usually unbranched and even-numbered), which may be saturated or unsaturated. By extension, the term is sometimes used to embrace all acyclic aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:35366]  ( EBI )