Dear collegues!
Can anyone explain me the nomenclatur of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids
concerning the difference between alpha- and gamma.
For example: alpha-linolenic acid C18:3(9,12,15)
gamma-linolenic acid C18:3
Alpha-and gamma is not due to position and number of double binding, but is
it due to cis and trans configuration (alpha = all cis, beta = all trans
and gamma cis,trans)?
Dr. Elisabeth Haschke-Becher
Laboratoire Central de Chimie Clinique
Centre HospitalierUniversitaire Vaudois
Bugnon 46
CH - 1011 Lausanne
Tel: 0041/21-3144129
Fax.: 0041/21-3144288
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