Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Trans
fat
:
A
triglyceride
in which one or more of the
unsaturated
fatty acid
chains contain at least one
trans
alkene
.
A typical
trans
fat
.
Related terms:
Lipid
,
triacylglyceride
,
triacylglycerol
,
cis
,
E
,
Z
,
oil
,
monounsaturated fatty acid
,
polyunsaturated fatty acid
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