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Fats, Unsaturated

Medical Definition:	Fats containing one or more double bonds, as from oleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid.
Also Called:	Oils, Unsaturated

Fats, Unsaturated Categories.

	Castor Oil - Oil obtained from seeds of Ricinus communis that is used as a cathartic and as a plasticizer.
	Croton Oil - Viscous, nauseating oil obtained from the shrub Croton tiglium (Euphorbaceae). It is a vesicant and skin irritant used as pharmacologic standard for skin inflammation and allergy and causes skin cancer. It was formerly used as an emetic and cathartic with frequent mortality.
	Linseed Oil - The fixed oil obtained from the dried ripe seed of linseed, Linum usitatissimum (L. Linaceae). It is used as an emollient in liniments, pastes, and medicinal soaps, and in veterinary medicine as a laxative. It is also called flaxseed oil. (Dorland, 28th ed)
	Triolein - (Z)-9-Octadecenoic acid 1,2,3-propanetriyl ester.

Fats, Unsaturated Medical Definitions and Terms

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