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Oxylipins

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004673

Eighteen-carbon cyclopentyl polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from alpha-linolenic acid via an oxidative pathway analogous to the eicosanoids in animals. Biosynthesis is inhibited by salicylates. A key member, jasmonic acid of plants, plays a similar role to arachidonic acid in animals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004673
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoUnsaturated fatty acids; Jasmone
TranslationsSpanish: oxilipinas
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004673",
  "term": "Oxylipins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Eighteen-carbon cyclopentyl polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from alpha-linolenic acid via an oxidative pathway analogous to the eicosanoids in animals. Biosynthesis is inhibited by salicylates. A key member, jasmonic acid of plants, plays a similar role to arachidonic acid in animals.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "unsaturated fatty acids",
    "jasmone"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "oxilipinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/oxylipins/"
}

Record 4,609 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.