Definition of Trans fatty acid

1. Noun. 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.

Substance meronyms: Margarin, Margarine, Marge, Oleo, Oleomargarine
Generic synonyms: Fatty Acid
Specialized synonyms: Elaidic Acid

Definition of Trans fatty acid

1. Noun. An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trans Fatty Acid

trans-activation (genetics)
trans-activators
trans-bronchial biopsy
trans-continental
trans-equatorial
trans-mat
trans-octaprenyltranstransferase
trans-pentaprenyltranstransferase
trans-phenomenal
trans-retinal
trans-splicing
trans Golgi network
trans configuration
trans fat
trans fats
trans fatty acid (current term)
trans man
trans men
trans splicing
trans woman
trans women
transacetylase
transacetylases
transacetylation
transact
transacted
transacting
transactinide
transactinides

Literary usage of Trans fatty acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Improvements in food technology in the future may reduce the trans fatty acid content of the American diet. In the meantime, patients with high cholesterol ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations 21 Food and Drugs: Parts 100 to 169 Revised as by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"... provided that: (1) The food contains less than 0.5 g of saturated fat and less than 0.5 g trans fatty acid per reference amount customarily consumed and ..."

3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Trans-fatty acid patterns in patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. AmJ Cardiol 1993:71:916-920. 48. Willett WC-, Stampfer MJ, ..."

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