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Categories: Lipids, Catalysis, Carboxylic acids, Fatty acids, Nutrition

trans fatty acid trans fat dietary trans fatty acids DTFA Health effects of trans fats

A fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils WordNet 3.0

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Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods. Wikipedia

Fats containing trans-isomer fatty acids Wikipedia Disambiguation

An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease. Wiktionary

Unsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration. Wiktionary (translation)

An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation. Wiktionary

Type of unsaturated fatty acid. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

fatty acid

PART OF

margarine

HAS KIND

elaidic acid

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trans fatty acid

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trans fat

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trans fat, trans fatty acid

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dietary trans fatty acids, DTFA, Health effects of trans fats, trans-fat