petroselinic acid

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Noun

petroselinic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.

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