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Linoleic Acid

Known as: 9,12 Octadecadienoic Acid, Cis, cis-octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid, 9,12-Linoleic Acid 
A doubly unsaturated fatty acid, occurring widely in plant glycosides. It is an essential fatty acid in mammalian nutrition and is used in the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Fatty Acids, Unsaturated

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Linolelaidic Acidcrepenynic acid

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Linoleic acid, a dietary n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, and the aetiology of ulcerative colitis: a nested case–control study within a European prospective cohort study
Objective: Dietary linoleic acid, an n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, is metabolised to arachidonic acid, a component of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Decreasing linoleic acid with constant alpha-linolenic acid in dietary fats increases (n-3) eicosapentaenoic acid in plasma phospholipids in healthy men.
High linoleic acid (LA) intakes have been suggested to reduce alpha-linolenic acid [ALA, 18:3(n-3)] metabolism to… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Conversion of alpha-linolenic acid in humans is influenced by the absolute amounts of alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid in the diet and not by their ratio.
BACKGROUND Human in vivo data on dietary determinants of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3) metabolism are scarce. OBJECTIVE… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Essential fatty acid transfer and fetal development.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Inhibition of 15-lipoxygenases by flavonoids: structure-activity relations and mode of action.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
An Essential Regulator of Adipogenesis and Modulator of Fat Cell Function: PPARγ
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Mammary cancer prevention by conjugated dienoic derivative of linoleic acid.
Conjugated dienoic derivative of linoleic acid (CLA) is a collective term which refers to a mixture of positional and geometric… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The comparative reductions of the plasma lipids and lipoproteins by dietary polyunsaturated fats: salmon oil versus vegetable oils.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Acidic phospholipids, unsaturated fatty acids, and limited proteolysis mimic the effect of calmodulin on the purified erythrocyte Ca2+ - ATPase.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Mechanism of the inhibitory action of linoleic acid on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus.
Linoleic acid, but not stearic acid, inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325. Growth inhibition was associated… 
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