I am trying to understand why my book and teacher says linoleNic acid is NOT an essential fatty acid, but DHA is. Everywhere i have read else where says that linoleic AND linoleNic are essential. Please help me understand this. The book provides no explaination. Here is a link to the book and page which states this
http://books.google.com/books?id=40Phuq2tw8UC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=biochemistry+for+the+pharmaceutical+sciences+says+linolenic+acid+is+NOT+essential&source=bl&ots=6hgQi94OjJ&sig=tOLrFsu5TjOKJc-xVdHf5T42OP4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0gB6UKGaKIXA9gTVmIHwCQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biochemistry%20for%20the%20pharmaceutical%20sciences%20says%20linolenic%20acid%20is%20NOT%20essential&f=false
19.You observe the following outside your window: A grasshopper is munching away on a leaf when a hawk swoops down and eats the grasshopper. What is the grasshopper in this situation?
In the structure of a leaf, specialized cells function as gates that open and close to allow gases to pass into and out of the leaf. If you were to test the gases passing out of the leaf at night, what would you observe?
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