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MeSH Heading: Fatty Acids, Omega-6
Tree Number(s): D10.251.355.343
Unique ID: D043371
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D043371
Scope Note: FATTY ACIDS which have the first unsaturated bond in the sixth position from the omega carbon. A typical American diet tends to contain substantially more omega-6 than OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS.
Entry Term(s): Fatty Acids, Omega 6; N-6 Fatty Acid; N-6 Fatty Acids; Omega-6 Fatty Acid; Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Previous Indexing: Fatty Acids, Unsaturated (1980-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

Concept UI: M0197024
Scope Note: FATTY ACIDS which have the first unsaturated bond in the sixth position from the omega carbon. A typical American diet tends to contain substantially more omega-6 than OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS.
Terms: Fatty Acids, Omega-6 Preferred Term
Term UI T227028
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Fatty Acids, Omega 6
Term UI T227027
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); N-6 Fatty Acids
Term UI T227026
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Term UI T227029
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); N-6 Fatty Acid
Term UI T000998908
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Omega-6 Fatty Acid
Term UI T000998909
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Fatty Acids, Omega-6 MeSH Descriptor Data 2025