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Proposed punicic acid metabolism. Punicic acid is transformed into conjugated linoleic acid (CLA cis-9, trans-11) and then either β-oxidized into Conjugated Diane (CD) 16:2 or metabolized by Δ6-desaturase to become CD 18:3 to be further processed into CD 20:3 and CD 20:4. Chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw.
