(thing) by BioTech Thu Mar 17 2005 at 20:26:17

Any polyunsaturated fatty acid involved in human physiologic processes that is synthesized by plants but not by the human body and is therefore a dietary requirement.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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