Term Name: polyunsaturated fatty acid
Synonyms: polyunsaturated fatty acids, PUFA, PUFAs
Definition: Any fatty acid containing more than one double bond. Acids in this group are reported to have cardioprotective effects; and levels are lowered in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Ontology: Chebi [CHEBI:26208]

Relationships
is a type of: unsaturated fatty acid
has subtype: (2E,4E)-deca-2,4-dienoic acid (2E,4E,6E,8E,10E)-octadecapentaenoic acid (2E,4Z)-deca-2,4-dienoic acid (2E,6E,10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyltrideca-2,6-dienoic acid (2E,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z,18Z,21Z)-tetracosaheptaenoic acid (2Z,5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-icosa-2,5,8,11,14,17-hexaenoic acid (3E,5Z)-dodecadienoic acid (3E,5Z)-tetradecadienoic acid (3R,6E,8S,10E)-3,8-dihydroxyhexadeca-6,10-dienoic acid (4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z)-hexadeca-4,7,10,13-tetraenoic acid (5Z,9E,11Z,14Z,17Z)-8-hydroperoxyicosapentaenoic acid (5Z,9Z)-5,9-hexacosadienoic acid (6E,8Z)-5-oxooctadecadienoic acid (6E,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-5-oxoicosapentaenoic acid (7R)-hydroxy-(5S,6S)-epoxy-(8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosatrienoic acid (8E,12Z)-10-hydroperoxy-8,12-octadecadienoic acid (9S),10-epoxy-(10,12Z)-octadecadienoic acid (9Z,11E)-9-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoic acid (9Z,11Z,13E,15E)-4-oxooctadecatetraenoic acid (9Z,11Z,13S,15Z)-12,13-epoxyoctadecatrienoic acid (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dien-6-ynoic acid (13S)-12,13-epoxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoic acid (13S,14S)-epoxy-(4Z,7Z,9E,11E,16Z,19Z)-docosahexaenoic acid (15S)-hydroperoxy-(11Z,13E)-icosadienoic acid (16S,17S)-epoxy-(4Z,7Z,10Z,12E,14E,19Z)-docosahexaenoic acid 4,5-leukotriene A4 5,6-Ep-15S-HETE 5,8,11-icosatriynoic acid 5,20-diHEPE 6-{(1S,5S)-4-oxo-5-[(2Z)-pent-2-en-1-yl]cyclopent-2-en-1-yl}hexanoic acid 12(S)-HPE(5,8,10)TrE 12-epi-leukotriene B4 12-HPE(8,10,14)TrE 12-HPEPE 13-cyclopent-2-en-1-yltridec-6-enoic acid 14,15-DiHETE 15-hydroxy-tetracosa-6,9,12,16,18-pentaenoic acid 17R,(16)-epoxy-(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,19Z)-docosahexa-4,7,10,13,15,19-enoic acid 17S,(16)-epoxy-(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,19Z)-docosahexa-4,7,10,13,15,19-enoic acid 18-hydroxylinoleic acid 20-oxoarachidonic acid 20-oxoleukotriene B4 allenic fatty acid bis(hydroperoxy)icosatetraenoic acid carotenoic acid cis,cis-tetradeca-5,8-dienoic acid divinyl ether fatty acid docosadienoic acid docosanoid docosatetraenoic acid docosatrienoic acid dodecadienoic acid dotriacontahexaenoic acid dotriacontapentaenoic acid dotriacontatetraenoic acid eoxin A4 EpETE essential fatty acid fatty acid 8:2 fatty acid 14:2 fatty acid 16:2 fatty acid 16:4 fatty acid 17:2 fatty acid 18:4 fatty acid 19:5 fatty acid 20:4 fatty acid 20:5 fatty acid 22:4 fatty acid 22:5 fatty acid 22:6 geranic acid HEDE heptadienoic acid hexacosahexaenoic acid hexacosapentaenoic acid hexacosatetraenoic acid hexadecadienoic acid hexadienoic acid hexatriacontahexaenoic acid hexatriacontapentaenoic acid hexatriacontatetraenoic acid HODE hydroperoxyicosapentaenoic acid hydroxy polyunsaturated fatty acid icosadienoic acid ionomycin juvenile hormone I acid juvenile hormone III acid leptomycin leukotriene A4 mycomycin octacosahexaenoic acid octacosapentaenoic acid octacosatetraenoic acid octadecadienoic acid octadecadiynoic acid octadecenediynoic acid octadecenynoic acid octatriacontapentaenoic acid octatriacontatetraenoic acid omega-3 fatty acid omega-6 fatty acid omega-9 fatty acid oxodocosahexaenoic acid OxoEDE oxoicosatetraenoic acid oxooctadecadienoic acid pentadienoic acid phytodienoic acid pomecin A sorbic acid sterculynic acid tetracosahexaenoic acid tetracosapentaenoic acid tetracosatetraenoic acid tetratriacontahexaenoic acid tetratriacontapentaenoic acid tetratriacontatetraenoic acid triacontahexaenoic acid triacontapentaenoic acid triacontatetraenoic acid tridecadienoic acid trienoic fatty acid
inverse has_functional_parent: N-(polyunsaturated fatty acyl)ethanolamine polyunsaturated fatty ester
inverse is_conjugate_base_of: polyunsaturated fatty acid anion
is_conjugate_acid_of: polyunsaturated fatty acid anion