2.34 Essential Fatty Acids

2.34 Essential Fatty Acids & Eicosanoids. The two essential fatty acids are: 1. linoleic acid (omega-6) 2. alpha-linolenic (omega-3) These fatty acids are essential because we can't synthesize them. This is because we do not have an enzyme capable of adding a double bond (desaturating) beyond the omega-9 carbon ................
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