(pharmacology) A drug C₆H₁₃NO₂ that inhibits the breakdown of fibrin by blocking the activation of plasminogen and is used to control bleeding (as during surgery) especially in cases where blood clots are broken down too quickly. It is a chemical analog of lysine and is marketed under the trademark Amicar.

(organic chemistry) The saturated fatty acid having 32 carbon atoms

A non-crystallizable yellow substance derived from proteins upon treatment with nitric acid.

(dated, organic chemistry) picric acid

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and one double bond

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and two double bonds

(organic chemistry) arachidonic acid

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and 3 double bonds; homolinolenic acid

(organic chemistry) Any saturated fatty acid having 27 carbon atoms

(organic chemistry) A long-chain saturated fatty acid having 46 carbon atoms