Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid containing 18 carbon atoms with two double bonds (Kaur et al., 2014). Vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds are regarded as a rich source of linoleic acids (LAs). Conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) are used to describe a group of geometric and positional isomers of linoleic acid. In rumen, linoleic acid is converted to several isomers of CLA of cis and trans form. Isomers of CLA with trans double bond are biologically active and c-9, t-11 and t-10, c-12 have shown a great physiological significance.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.