Linolenic acid
Alternative Name(s)
- (9,12,15)-linolenate
- (9,12,15)-linolenic acid
- (9Z,12Z,15Z)-Octadecatrienoate
- (9Z,12Z,15Z)-Octadecatrienoic acid
- (Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoate
- (Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid
- 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoate
- 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid
- 9-cis,12-cis,15-cis-Octadecatrienoate
- 9-cis,12-cis,15-cis-Octadecatrienoic acid
- a-Linolenate
- a-Linolenic acid
- All-cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoate
- All-cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid
- alpha-Linolenate
- alpha-Linolenic acid
- cis,cis,cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoate
- cis,cis,cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid
- cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoate
- cis-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid
- Industrene 120
- Linolenate
- Linolenic acid
IUPAC Name – (9Z,12Z,15Z)-octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid
Empirical Formula – C18H30O2
Molecular Weight – 278.44
Exact Mass – 278.22
Elemental Analysis – C, 77.65; H, 10.86; O, 11.49

Concentration analysis (mg/kg)
External Links
- ChEBI ID - 27432
- PubChem CID - 5280934
- HMDB - HMBD01388
- LIPID MAPS - LMFA01030152
Classification
- Category - Fatty acyls
- Main class - Fatty acids
- Sub-class - Unsaturated fatty acids
References
- Poerschmann, J., B. Weiner, and I. Baskyr, Organic compounds in olive mill wastewater and in solutions resulting from hydrothermal carbonization of the wastewater. Chemosphere, 2013. 92(11): p. 1472-82.