saturated fatty acid

Noun saturated fatty acid has 1 sense

• saturated fatty acid(n = noun.substance) - a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats;
is a kind of fatty acid
has particulars: heptadecanoic acid, margaric acid, butanoic acid, butyric acid, capric acid, decanoic acid, caproic acid, hexanoic acid, caprylic acid, dodecanoic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, octadecanoic acid, stearic acid