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Very long chain fatty acid
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) are fatty acids with tails longer than 22 carbon atoms that cannot be metabolized by mitochondria. They are implicated in some metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases.[citation needed]
