Uses
8(Z)-Eicosenoic acid is a cis-unsaturated free fatty acid with a 20-carbon chain. It potentiates acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channel currents without depression and enhances PCKε phosphorylation of a substrate peptide in Xenopus oocytes. 8(Z)-Eicosenoic acid constitutes 6% of the fatty acid pool in seed oil isolated from B. collina.
Definition
ChEBI: 8Z-eicosenoic acid is a long-chain fatty acid.
References
[1] Vickery, et al. The fatty acid composition of the seed oils of proteaceae: A chemotaxonomic study. Phytochemistry 10(1), 123-130 (1971).
