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From: dant@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Omega-3 fatty acids
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Date: 30 Nov 89 03:04:03 GMT
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Does anyone know the origin of the name "omega-3 fatty acids"?  Somewhere
I heard that the name derives from the shape of the molecule.  If that's
so, is the molecule shaped like three omegas or like an omega and a 3?

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