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, eggs from chickens fed epa and dha, squid oils, krill oil , and certain algae. mammals are unable to synthesize the essential omega− fatty acid ala and can only obtain it through diet. however, they can use ala, when available, to form epa and dha, by creating additional double bonds along its carbon
, and the double bond closest to the omega carbon begins at carbon = − . hence, ala is a ω− fatty acid with ω = . the terms ω– ("omega– ") fatty acid and n– fatty acid are derived from organic nomenclature . [ ] one way in which an unsaturated fatty acid is named is determined by the location, in its...
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