Meanings
nountrans fatty acid (plural trans fatty acids)
plural trans fatty acids
- chemistryAn unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.
Recently, however, scientists have found that trans fatty acids produced by hydrogenation actually raise blood cholesterol levels.
2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反式脂肪酸
- 反式脂肪酸 (fǎnshì zhīfángsuān)type of unsaturated fatty acid
Danish transfedtsyre
- transfedtsyretype of unsaturated fatty acid
Finnish transrasvahappo
- transrasvahappotype of unsaturated fatty acid
Norwegian Bokmål transfettsyre
- transfettsyretype of unsaturated fatty acid
Russian транс-изомеры жирная кислота́
- транс-изомеры жирная кислота́ (trans-izomery žirnaja kislotá)type of unsaturated fatty acid
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