arachidonic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:15843

Synonyms

• (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-5,8,11,14-icosatetraenoic acid
• (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoic acid
• (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-Icosatetraenoic acid
• AA
• all-cis-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid
• ARA
• Arachidonate
• Arachidonic acid
• Arachidonsaeure
• cis-5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid
• cis-Delta(5,8,11,14)-eicosatetraenoic acid

Definition

A long-chain fatty acid that is a C20, polyunsaturated fatty acid having four (Z)-double bonds at positions 5, 8, 11 and 14.

References

• CAS:506-32-1
• DrugBank:DB04557
• Gmelin:58972
• HMDB:HMDB0001043
• KEGG:C00219
• KNApSAcK:C00000388
• LIPID_MAPS_instance:LMFA01030001
• MetaCyc:ARACHIDONIC_ACID
• PDBeChem:ACD
• PMID:15129302
• PMID:18931599
• PMID:18973997
• PMID:25584012
• PMID:2820055
• Reaxys:1913991
• Wikipedia:Arachidonic_acid

Ontology

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