elaidic acid

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elaidic acid - a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foodstrans fatty acid - 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 oilsmonounsaturated fatty acid - an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in olive oil and chicken and almonds

elaidic acid

[¦el·ə¦id·ik ′as·əd] (organic chemistry) CH₃(CH₂)₇CH:CH(CH₂)₇COOH A transisomer of an unsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid; crystallizes as colorless leaflets, melts at 44°C, boils at 288°C (100 mmHg), insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether; used in chromatography as a reference standard.

elaidic acid

el·a·id·ic ac·id

(el'ā-id'ik as'id), An unsaturated monobasic trans-isomer of oleic acid; found in ruminant fats. Compare: oleic acid.

elaidic acid

Related to elaidic acid: stearic acid, linoleic acid

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noun a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid

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trans fatty acid
monounsaturated fatty acid

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