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'''Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)''', more correctly called '''docosa-4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-hexaenoic acid''', is a naturally occuring [[omega-3]] fatty acid. It is a fatty acid that contains a linear chain of twenty-two carbon atoms, with double bonds occuring at six positions, all with the cis configuration. It is called an omega-3 fatty acid because from the aliphatic end of the molecule, always referred to as the omega carbon, the first double bond occurs at carbon 20, the omega-3 carbon. Like other omega-3 fatty acids, it can be found in fish. Most of the DHA in fish and other more complex organisms originates in microalgae of the genus [[Schizochytrium]], and concentrates in organisms as it moves up the food chain.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.3dchem.com/moremolecules.asp?ID=379&othername=Cervonic%20acid | title=3Dchem.com |accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> | '''Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)''', more correctly called '''docosa-4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-hexaenoic acid''', is a naturally occuring [[omega-3]] fatty acid. It is a fatty acid that contains a linear chain of twenty-two carbon atoms, with double bonds occuring at six positions, all with the cis configuration. It is called an omega-3 fatty acid because from the aliphatic end of the molecule, always referred to as the omega carbon, the first double bond occurs at carbon 20, the omega-3 carbon. Like other omega-3 fatty acids, it can be found in fish. Most of the DHA in fish and other more complex organisms originates in microalgae of the genus [[Schizochytrium]], and concentrates in organisms as it moves up the food chain.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.3dchem.com/moremolecules.asp?ID=379&othername=Cervonic%20acid | title=3Dchem.com |accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> | ||
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), more correctly called docosa-4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-hexaenoic acid, is a naturally occuring omega-3 fatty acid. It is a fatty acid that contains a linear chain of twenty-two carbon atoms, with double bonds occuring at six positions, all with the cis configuration. It is called an omega-3 fatty acid because from the aliphatic end of the molecule, always referred to as the omega carbon, the first double bond occurs at carbon 20, the omega-3 carbon. Like other omega-3 fatty acids, it can be found in fish. Most of the DHA in fish and other more complex organisms originates in microalgae of the genus Schizochytrium, and concentrates in organisms as it moves up the food chain.[1]
- ↑ 3Dchem.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.