<p>Key to Fats
</p>
<ul><li>Saturated (## : 0)
<ul><li>Natural
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>Butyrate 4:0</li>
<li>Caproate 6:0</li>
<li>Caprylate 8:0</li>
<li>Caprate 10:0</li>
<li>Laurate 12:0</li>
<li>Myristate 14:0</li>
<li>Palmitate 16:0</li>
<li>Stearate 18:0</li>
<li>Arachidate 20:0</li>
<li>Behenate 22:0</li>
<li>Lignocerate 24:0</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Interesterified fat</li></ul></li>
<li>Unsaturated
<ul><li>Cis Fatty acids
<ul><li>Place of last double bond
<ul><li>Omega 3
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>?-Linolenic acid (ALA) 	18:3 (n-3) 	octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid</li>
<li>Stearidonic acid 	18:4 (n-3) 	octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acid</li>
<li>Eicosatetraenoic acid 	20:4 (n-3) 	eicosa-8,11,14,17-tetraenoic acid</li>
<li>Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) 	20:5 (n-3) 	eicosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoic acid</li>
<li>Docosapentaenoic acid 	22:5 (n-3) 	docosa-7,10,13,16,19-pentaenoic acid</li>
<li>Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) 	22:6 (n-3) 	docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Omega 6
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>Linoleic acid 	18:2 (n-6) 	9,12-octadecadienoic acid</li>
<li>Calendic acid 	18:3 (n-6) 	8E,10E,12Z-octadecatrienoic acid</li>
<li>Gamma-linolenic acid 	18:3 (n-6) 	6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acid</li>
<li>Eicosadienoic acid 	20:2 (n-6) 	11,14-eicosadienoic acid</li>
<li>Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid 	20:3 (n-6) 	8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid</li>
<li>Arachidonic acid 	20:4 (n-6) 	5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid</li>
<li>Docosadienoic acid 	22:2 (n-6) 	13,16-docosadienoic acid</li>
<li>Adrenic acid 	22:4 (n-6) 	7,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid</li>
<li>Docosapentaenoic acid 	22:5 (n-6) 	4,7,10,13,16-docosapentaenoic acid]]</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Omega 9
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>Oleic acid 	18:1 (n-9) 	9-octadecenoic acid</li>
<li>Eicosenoic acid 	20:1 (n-9) 	11-eicosenoic acid</li>
<li>Mead acid 	20:3 (n-9) 	5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid</li>
<li>Erucic acid 	22:1 (n-9) 	13-docosenoic acid</li>
<li>Nervonic acid 	24:1 (n-9) 	15-tetracosenoic acid</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Number of double bonds
<ul><li>Monounsaturated fat (## : 1)
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>Myristoleate (14:1 n-5)</li>
<li>Palmitoleate (16:1 n-7)</li>
<li>Oleate (18:1 n-9)</li>
<li>Vaccenate (18:1 n-7)</li>
<li>Eicosenate 20:1 (n-9)  11-eicosenoic acid</li>
<li>Erucic acid 	22:1 (n-9) 	13-docosenoic acid</li>
<li>Nervonic acid 	24:1 (n-9) 	15-tetracosenoic acid</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Polyunsaturated fat
<ul><li>Types
<ul><li>Diunsaturated 2 Double bond (## : 2)</li>
<li>Triunsaturated 3 Double bond (## : 3)</li>
<li>Tetraunsaturated 4 Double bond (## : 4)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Trans fatty acids
<ul><li>Monounsaturated
<ul><li>Palmitelaidate 16:1</li>
<li>Elaidate 18:1</li></ul></li>
<li>Polyunsaturated
<ul><li>Diunsaturated (## : 2)</li>
<li>Triunsaturated  (## : 3)</li>
<li>Tetraunsaturated  (## : 4)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>
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