Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Alpha-Parinaric acid α-Parinaric acid is a conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid. Discovered by Tsujimoto and Koyanagi in 1933 it contains 18 carbon atoms and 4 conjugated double bonds. The repeating single bond-double bond structure of α-parinaric acid distinguishes it structurally and chemically from the usual methylene-interrupted arrangement of polyunsaturated fatty acids that have double-bonds and single bonds separated by a methylene unit (−CH2−).
