Meanings
noundodecenoic acid (plural dodecenoic acids)
plural dodecenoic acids
- chemistryAny fatty acid having twelve carbon atoms and one double bond, but especially 2-dodecenoic acid which is a signal molecule produced by Burkholderia cenocepacia
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