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Docosatetraenoic acid
Docosatetraenoic
acid
designates any
straight
chain
22:4
fatty acid
.
One
isomer
is of particular interest:
all-
cis
-7,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid is an ω-6
fatty
acid with the
common name
adrenic acid
. This is a
naturally occurring
polyunsaturated fatty acid
formed through a 2-carbon chain
elongation
of
arachidonic acid
. It is one of the most
abundant
fatty acids
in the
early human
brain
. This
unsaturated fatty acid
is also
metabolized
by
cells
to
biologically active
products
viz
., dihomoprostaglandins, dihomo-epoxyeicosatrienoic
acids
, and dihomo-EETs.