Arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6)
The omega-6 fat your body builds inflammatory and clotting signals from. Some comes from the diet, most is made from linoleic acid.
The omega-6 fat your body builds inflammatory and clotting signals from. Some comes from the diet, most is made from linoleic acid.
It is the numerator of both ratios on this panel, so it is usually what moves them.
It is far less responsive to diet than the omega-3 fats are, because your body makes most of it. A raised value is not in itself a finding -- read it against EPA and DHA.
Worth reading through the ratios rather than as an absolute value.
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under Arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6).
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