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weight 306.48. CAS
Registry Number 20590-32-3.
Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (
dihomo-gamma-linolenic's,
dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid, DGLA) has 20 carbons, and...
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Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA) is a 20-carbon ω−6
fatty acid (also called, cis,cis,cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid). In
physiological literature, it is...
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series of metabolites, two
series derived from the ω−6
PUFAs arachidonic and
dihomo-gamma-linolenic acids, one
series derived from the ω−3 PUFA eicosapentaenoic...
- dihomoprostaglandins, and
epoxydocosatrienoic acids (EDTs, also
known as
dihomo-EETs). In
addition to
being endothelium-derived
hyperpolarizing factors...
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retained in COX-1. The
other two
cyclooxygenase isozymes are
known to
convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid and
arachidonic acid into prostaglandins, and are the targets...
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double bonds.
Examples important in biology,
pharmacy or physiology:
Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, (8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatrienoic acid Mead acid, (5Z,8Z,11Z)-eicosatrienoic...
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there is
excessive consumption of GLA metabolites. From GLA, the body
forms dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA). This is one of the body's
three sources of eicosanoids...
- with the
trivial name
arachidonic acid. It is
formed by a
desaturation of
dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA, 20:3 ω-6). all-cis-8,11,14,17-eicosatetraenoic...
- gamma-linolenic acid (GLA),
effected by Δ6 desaturase. GLA is
converted to
dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA), the
immediate precursor to AA. LA is also converted...
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abdominal pain.
Prostaglandin E1 is
biosynthesized on an as-needed
basis from
dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (an omega-6
fatty acid) in
healthy humans without coronary...
