Docosatetraenoic acid

Docosatetraenoic acid designates any straight chain 22:4 fatty acid.
 * See essential fatty acid for nomenclature.

One isomer is of particular interest
 * all-cis-7,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid is an &omega;-6 fatty acid with the trivial name adrenic acid. This is a naturally occurring polyunsaturated fatty acid formed through a 2-carbon chain elongation of arachidonic acid.  It is one of the most abundant fatty acids in the early human brain.