- free fatty acids
- (FFA) nonesterified f. a's.
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Free fatty acid receptor 1 — Free fatty acid receptor 1, also known as FFAR1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FFAR1 free fatty acid receptor 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=2864| accessdate = ] PBB… … Wikipedia
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fatty acids — Chemically R COOH where R is an aliphatic moiety. The common fatty acids of biological origin are linear chains with an even number of carbon atoms. Free fatty acids are present in living tissues at low concentrations. The esterified forms are… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Free fatty acid receptor 2 — Free fatty acid receptor 2, also known as FFAR2, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FFAR2 free fatty acid receptor 2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=2867| accessdate = ] PBB… … Wikipedia
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Fatty acid metabolism — Fatty acids are an important source of energy for many organisms. Excess glucose can be stored efficiently as fat. Triglycerides yield more than twice as much energy for the same mass as do carbohydrates or proteins. All cell membranes are built… … Wikipedia
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