FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3

  

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FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3

Specialty Definition: FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3

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Health

A group of fatty acids, often of marine origin, which have the first unsaturated bond in the third position from the omega carbon. These fatty acids are believed to reduce serum triglycerides, prevent insulin resistance, improve lipid profile, prolong bleeding times, reduce platelet counts, and decrease platelet adhesiveness. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 41 54 54 59      41 43 49 44 53 2C      4F 4D 45 47 41 2D 33

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01000001 01010100 01010100 01011001 00100000 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000100 01010011 00101100 00100000 01001111 01001101 01000101 01000111 01000001 00101101 00110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#89 &#32 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#68 &#83 &#44 &#32 &#79 &#77 &#69 &#71 &#65 &#45 &#51

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 0054 0054 0059      0041 0043 0049 0044 0053 002C      004F 004D 0045 0047 0041 002D 0033

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40355454592353743385314249473941351521

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