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Erucic acid
Meaning
Noun
●
In Fatty acids:
A long
chain
unsaturated fatty acid
, CH₃(CH₂)₇CH=CH(CH₂)₁₁COOH, found in
rapeseed
and
mustard
seed oils
;
strictly
, the cis-isomer of the
molecule
(the trans-isomer is called
brassidic
acid
).
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