Listing of Common Fatty Acids by Saturation first, then Omega Family The list below groups common fatty acids by their saturation level and omega family, and includes the shorthand name and primary sources for each type of fatty acid. The Saturated Fatty Acids Short-Chain Saturated Fatty Acid Butyric Acid (C4:0) Dairy Caproic Acid (C6:0) Dairy, goats Medium-Chain Saturated Fatty Acid Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Dairy milk, coconut Capric Acid ( C10:0) Milk, coconut, palm kernel Lauric Acid ( C12:0) Coconut, tropical oils Long-Chain Saturated Fatty Acid Myristic Acid ( C14:0) Nutmeg butter Pentadecanoic Acid (C15:0) Dairy Palmitic Acid ( C16:0) Fish, Dairy, Plant Margaric Acid ( C17:0) Goat milk, rare (also known as heptadecanoic Acid) Stearic Acid (C18:0) Animal, vegetable fats Arachidic Acid (C20:0) Peanut oil (also known as iIcosanoic Acid acid or, Eicosanoic Acid) Very-Long-Chain Saturated Fatty Acid Behenic Acid (C22:0) Plant, peanut, others Lignoceric Acid (C24:0) Plant, peanut Cerotic Acid (C26:0) Beeswax, carnauba wax The Unsaturated Fatty Acids This is a heads up that the proper names for fatty acids can be confusing. There is a more detailed description to the various names in the book. This is a simple list to acquaint the reader the common names you’ll likely come across when studying the plant oils. C = number of carbon atoms, :# = the number of double bonds in the FA. Monounsaturated Fatty Acids Omega 11 Gondoic/Eicosenoic Acid (C20:1) Marine, cod liver, whale oils Unsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega-10 Sapienic Acid (16:1) Human only Sabaleic Acid (18:2) Human only (Precious little information information exists for sabaleic available for it.acid, but I’ve left it in the list as new research may show it to be more important than it has been credited with to date.) Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega-9 Oleic Acid (C18:1) Plant, Animal animal fat Ricinoleic Acid (C18:1) Castor beans Gadoleic/Eicosenoic Acid (C20:1) Cabbage, cod, and whale oils Erucic/Docosenoic Acid (C22:1) Seed oils, various Nervonic Acid (C24:1) Shark liver Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega-8 Margaroleic Acid (C17:1) Marine, ? (Also known as heptadecenoic Acid) Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega-7 Palmitoleic Acid, POA (C16:1) Animal, Plant mMarine (Also known as Hexadecenoic Acid) Vaccenic Acid (C18:1) Dairy, Animal animal fat Paullinic/Eicosenoic Acid (C20:1) Herring oil, Rapeseed Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega-6 Linoleic Acid, LA (C18:2) Seed, nNut oils Gamma-Linolenic Acid, GLA,(C18:3) EPO, Black Currant, Animal Eleostearic Acid (C18:3) Cherry Kernel Calendic Acid (C18:3) Calendula seeds Eicosadienoic Acid, EDA (C20:2) Animal, Marine Dihomo-gamma-linolenic Acid, DGLA (C20:3) trace amounts, rare Arachidonic Acid, AA (C20:4) Peanut, Animal, Egg (Also known as Eicosatetraenoic or Eicosanoic acid) Brassic/Docosadienoic Acid (C22:2) Cabbage, rare Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Omega 5 Eleostearic Acid (C18:3) Cherry kernel (Also called Octadecatrienoic Acid) Punicic Acid (C18:3) Pomegranate Myristoleic Acid (C14:1) Nutmeg Superunsaturated Fatty Acid, Omega-3 Alpha-Linolenic Acid LNA (C18:3) Plants; Flax, Hemp Stearidonic Acid SDA (C18:4) Hemp, Black Currant Eicosatetraenoic Acid ETA (C20:4) Shark liver, herring Timnodonic Acid EPA (C20:5) Marine, Animal (Also called Eicosapentaenoic Acid) Clupanodonic Acid DPA (C22:5) Animal liver, herring (Also called Docosapentaenoic Acid) Cervonic Acid DHA (C22:6) Marine, plant (Also called Docosahexaenoic Acid) .