Back حمض دهني أوميغا-9 Arabic Àcid gras omega 9 Catalan Omega-9-fedtsyre Danish Omega-n-Fettsäuren#Omega-9-Fettsäuren German Ω-9 λιπαρό οξύ Greek Omego-9 Esperanto Ácido graso omega 9 Spanish اسید چرب امگا ۹ Persian Omega-9-rasvahapot Finnish Oméga-9 French
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Omega−9 fatty acids (ω−9 fatty acids or n−9 fatty acids) are a family of unsaturated fatty acids which have in common a final carbon–carbon double bond in the omega−9 position; that is, the ninth bond from the methyl end of the fatty acid.
Unlike omega−3 fatty acids and omega−6 fatty acids, omega−9 fatty acids are not classed as essential fatty acids (EFA). This is both because they can be created by the human body from unsaturated fat, and are therefore not essential in the diet, and because the lack of an omega−6 double bond keeps them from participating in the reactions that form the eicosanoids.