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branched-chain fatty acid
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Any fatty acid in which the parent hydrocarbon chain has one or more alkyl substituents; a common component in animal and bacterial lipids. The fatty acyl chain is usually saturated and the substituent a methyl group; however, unsaturated BCFAs are found in marine animals, and branches other than methyl are found in microbial lipids.
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Label
branched-chain fatty acid
Subsets
3_STAR
has alternative id
CHEBI:22919, CHEBI:3166
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
branched fatty acids, BCFA, BCFAs, branched-chain fatty acids, branched fatty acid, Branched chain fatty acid
id
CHEBI:35819
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