You are carrying out clinical studies aimed at determining the optimal nutritional requirements for the production of the series-2 prostaglandins. Your studies determine that this production can be met by the daily ingestion of approximately 10 g of which of the following fatty acids?

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Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid that is a precursor for arachidonic acid, which is necessary for the production of series-2 prostaglandins.  Prostaglandins are synthesized from the 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic acid, which itself is synthesized from the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid. Linoleic acid is termed an essential fatty acid because it contains sites of unsaturation that human tissues cannot introduce and the lipid must, therefore, be acquired in the diet.

You Are Carrying Out Clinical Studies Aimed at Determining the Optimal