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MeSH Heading: Linolenic Acids
Tree Number(s): D10.251.355.310.640
Unique ID: D008042
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008042
Annotation: do not confuse with LINOLEIC ACIDS
Scope Note: Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain three double bonds.
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: Fatty Acids, Essential (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 75; was LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74, was LINOLENIC ACID see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-72
Online Note: use LINOLENIC ACIDS to search LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74; use FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1966-72
History Note: 75; was LINOLENIC ACID 1973-74, was LINOLENIC ACID see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-72
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Linolenic Acids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025