prostanoic acid

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A 20-carbon acid skeleton that serves as the structural basis for the prostaglandins.

prostanoic acid

[pros′tənō′ik]

a 20-carbon aliphatic carboxylic acid that is the basic framework for prostaglandin molecules, which differ according to the location of hydroxyl and keto substitutions at various positions along the molecule.

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