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More on Fatty Acids Definition: Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)      Other names Fatty Acids, Saturated; Fatty Acids, Esterified; Saturated Fatty Acids; Esterified Fatty Acids; Acids, Saturated Fatty; Acids, Fatty; Acids, Esterified Fatty; Acids, Aliphatic; Aliphatic Acids
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
sucrose polyester [ olestra,olestra oil,sucrose-octapalmitate ]
  non-absorbable, non-digestable fat-like mixture of hexa-, hepta-, octaesters of sucrose with long chain fatty acids; proposed hypocholesteremic agent 		121854-29-3   *Fatty Acids Sucrose/*analogs & derivatives Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
Pharma Action Anticholesteremic Agents; Fat Substitutes 		JAMA 242(1):31;1979; Am J Clin Nutr 1980;33(2):251; Am J Clin Nutr 29(11):1204;1976; Am J Clin Nutr 32(8):1636;1979

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