Talk:Polyunsaturated fat

message: The material on this page was partly covered by several lists, on
* Omega-3 fatty acid
* Omega-6 fatty acid
* List of omega-3 fatty acids
* Omega-9 fatty acid
I suggest that List of omega-3 fatty acids be wholly merged into this page, and that the tables in the 3/6/9 articles be replaced with See... links.  David.Throop 17:52, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Many more people will look up omega-3 fatty acids than will look up polyunsaturated fatty acids.   If there is cross referencing at the end of the article people will find more information by keeping the entries separate.
Ed Dratz —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.210.85.25 (talk) 03:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree. Keep it easy to Google or otherwise search for the specific reference.  However, add the complete list of Omega 3 fatty acids to the main page -- it's not too long and it makes sense as clarifying detail. Cliff Bennett 16:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you misunderstand.  I wasn't suggesting merging Omega-3 fatty acid; it should certainly standalone.  I suggested merging List of omega-3 fatty acids with this page.  That page only has 1 table with 6 entries, and that information is completely duplicated on this current page. David.Throop 19:32, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keep omega-3 section separate and cross reference 

message: I really think these lists simply belong in the corresponding articles (omega-3 fatty acid, conjugated fatty acid, etc.). These lists are all very short, there is no substantial information aside from the lists, and the corresponding articles all link to this article for an underwhelming amount of information. It doesn't make sense, given how massive the omega-3 article is, to omit something so basic as a list of the nine or so acids that occur in nature. I think there are too many fatty acid articles as it is; it's all very uncoordinated. This article's existence makes especially little sense because the article polyunsaturated fat lists "polyunsaturated fatty acid" as a synonym, and so you have two articles with essentially the same name, and this article includes fatty acids that aren't polyunsaturated. If you want a list article, it should be "list of fatty acids" and be all-encompassing. This alone doesn't really work. —Werson (talk) 05:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, why are there monounsaturated fatty acids listed under the omega-9's on the Polyunsaturated fatty acid page?  It seems confusing, and too spread out. Gthorne (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: Hi, I'm a grad student in Nutrition Science, and came to Wikipedia looking for basic information about fats for a handout I'm putting together.  I started poking around, and saw the list on this page.  I was wondering why Pinolenic and Podocarpic acids are not listed among the Omega-6's, since they are n-6?  On other [non-wikipedia] webpages, they are considered Omega-6, but even if Wikipedia has better information, it seems like it needs some sort of explaination.
Gthorne (talk) 15:16, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Polyunsaturates?

message: so... do omega-12 fatty acids exist?  just wondering.  I'm a chemist not a biochemist... (Pelirojopajaro (talk) 20:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curious 

message: One sometimes reads references to long-chain PUFAs (which I've seen abbreviated both LC-PUFAs and as LCPUFAs). Could someone with the proper expertise add something about this category here, perhaps indicating which of the PUFAs listed fall into that category? Note also that the article on Essential_fatty_acid describes this categorization to some extent. --Ericjs (talk) 14:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  LC-PUFAs 

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message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Zippybonzo | talk to me | what have I done (he|she|they) 18:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Polyunsaturated fatty acid →  – Polyunsaturated fat is the WP:COMMONNAME used by the majority. Lead section can be altered accordingly. Also this will be in contrast with Monounsaturated fat article, where Monounsaturated fatty acid is a redirect to that page. Crashed greek (talk) 08:16, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Chemistry has been notified of this discussion. Closer, Talk:Monounsaturated fat#Requested move 10 August 2023 brought up the move proposed above. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 02:58, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: People are welcome to move or rename or whatever.  The contents may be rewritten by chemists after any shift.  Its great to see people so interested.  Please keep in mind that a fat is not a fatty acid, so an unsaturated fat is not an unsaturated fatty acid, etc. Good luck, --Smokefoot (talk) 03:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

text: Any misleading aspect can be fixed by editing the lead section accordingly. But overwhelmingly the WP:COMMONNAME is Polyunsaturated fat. After the move, in future, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid article can be splinned off from this article. Crashed greek (talk) 11:06, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Molecular Biology has been notified of this discussion. —usernamekiran (talk) 03:39, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 31 August 2023 

message: Since lipid peroxidation targets moreso polyunsaturated fatty acids and damages the cell membrane, while possibly producing mutagenic and carcinogenic end-products, it is a reasonable idea to add this to the section related to health. The already mentioned oxidative deterioration and the free radical chain reaction is very vague, and does not give a full picture. With a section on the pros, it is reasonable to have also a section on the cons. Brentleyland (talk) 14:24, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Created section Polyunsaturated_fat#Peroxidation Oitio (talk) 20:51, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on Lipid Peroxidation