Essential Oils/Fatty Acids/Dietry Fats
Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that cannot be constructed within an
organism from other components (generally all references are to humans) by any
known chemical pathways; and therefore must be obtained from the diet. The term
refers to those involved in biological processes, and not fatty acids which may
just play a role as fuel. As many of the compounds created from essential fatty
acids can be taken directly in the diet, it is possible that the amounts
required in the diet (if any) are overestimated. It is also possible they can be
underestimated as organisms can still survive in unideal, malnourished
conditions.
There are two families of EFAs: ω-3 (or omega-3 or n-3) and ω-6 (omega-6, n-6.)
Fats from each of these families are essential, as the body can convert one
omega-3 to another omega-3, for example, but cannot create an omega-3 from
scratch. They were originally designated as Vitamin F when they were
discovered as essential nutrients in 1923.
In 1930, work by Burr, Burr and Miller
showed that they are better classified with the fats than with the vitamins.
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