 alpha-Linolenic Acid
"alpha-Linolenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A fatty acid that is found in plants and involved in the formation of prostaglandins.
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D017962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.302.380.410.100 D10.251.355.310.640.400 D10.251.355.337.100
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