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Omega-6 fatty acid
Fatty acids where the sixth bond is double / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1920s French automobile, see Oméga-Six.
Not to be confused with Omega-3 fatty acid or Trans fatty acid.
Omega-6 fatty acids (also referred to as ω-6 fatty acids or n-6 fatty acids) are a family of polyunsaturated fatty acids that have in common a final carbon-carbon double bond in the n-6 position, that is, the sixth bond, counting from the methyl end.[1]
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