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. 2020 Aug 25;10(9):345. doi: 10.3390/metabo10090345

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Some metabolic transformations of fatty acids: (A) the saturated fatty acid (SFA), palmitic acid, is transformed into stearic acid and the monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), oleic acid; (B) omega-6 and omega-3 precursors taken from the diet are transformed into the other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) members of the two families.