Home > Community > Trans-unsaturated fatty acids can turn in cis-unsaturated fatty acids?
Upvote

24

Downvote
+ Fatty acids
+ Microalgae
Posted by
ABUH OMACHONU FELIX

Trans-unsaturated fatty acids can turn in cis-unsaturated fatty acids?

Michael Grace  Follow

Yuvraj Saxena thank you for your answer! it truly helped and brought me a little more information about it

More

Upvote

VOTE

Downvote
Connor Becz  Follow

Hi,

A good question indeed. The answer is NO. Trans to cis conversion has not been reported in any organism so far, to the best of my knowledge. Also, there is no chemical process till date to convert tran fatty acids into its cis form. Hence, unlike cis to trans conversion by biological (isomerase catalysed) and chemical (catalytic hydrogenation) means, trans to cis conversion is not possible by any means.

Hope this helps you.

More

Upvote

VOTE

Downvote