Arachidonyl alcohol is a long-chain primary fatty alcohol. Arachidonyl alcohol is used as a substrate for the production of several ether lipids possessing beneficial functions[1].
ChEBI: A long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosatetraene in which one of the methyl hydrogens at position 1 is replaced by a hydroxy group.
[1] Toshihiro Nagao, et al. Microbial Conversion of Arachidonic Acid to Arachidonyl Alcohol by a New Acinetobacter Species. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Societyvolume89,pages1663–1671(2012)
