conformazione acilica

English translation: acyl structure

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Italian term or phrase:conformazione acilica
English translation:acyl structure
Entered by: Anthony Green

10:23 Sep 30, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / organic chemistry
Italian term or phrase: conformazione acilica
This is from a text about the health advantages of olive oil.

Infatti il nostro olio extravergine d’oliva ha effetti benefici :
· Interagisce sul sistema arterioso ed immunitario, prevenendo l’infarto del miocardio grazie alla presenza di acidi grassi monoinsaturi e polinsaturi.
· Contrasta il fenomeno dell’invecchiamento
· Elevata digeribilità per la stimolazione delle secrezioni gastroenteriche.
· Fornisce protezione alle mucose dello stomaco.
· Agisce positivamente nelle malattie delle vie biliari.
· Assicura al corpo la giusta dose di acido linoleico.
***· Riduce l’occludersi delle arterie per la sua conformazione acilica. ***
· Permette un maggior assorbimento di vitamine ed in particolare della vitamina E.
· Svolge sull’intestino un’azione di regolazione sulla peristalsi.
· L'utilizzo dell'olio extra vergine inibisce la formazione dei radicali liberi tale da prevenire la formazione di tumori del colon.


The string "conformazione acilica" surprisingly gets no hits in Google - see URL:
http://www.google.com/search?q="conformazione acilica"

So is the meaning simply "thanks to its acyl groups" or is there something I am overlooking?
Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 14:24
acylic structure
Explanation:
This might work. However, what they REALLY mean (I tink) is the presence of acylic groups, as you suggest.
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 05:24
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5acyl group
GianLuigi Miani
3 +1(its low) fatty acid content
Mr Murray (X)
3 +1acylic structure
Marco Solinas


  

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(its low) fatty acid content


Explanation:
'conformazione' is being used as 'configuration,' 'content,' 'composition' or 'make up'.



Example sentence(s):
  • "U.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy [olive oil] possesses a free <b>fatty acid content</b> of not more than 1.4% and is "free from defects" [Wikipedia]
  • After olive oil consumption the susceptibility of LDL to oxidation, however, depends not only on the change in the LDL <b>fatty acid content</b> promoted by olive ... [web source]
Mr Murray (X)
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: think this is most natural sounding, though am not a chemist...
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acylic structure


Explanation:
This might work. However, what they REALLY mean (I tink) is the presence of acylic groups, as you suggest.

Marco Solinas
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This was the most helpful of the three answers - thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie: or maybe the pattern of acyl groups or something along those lines. in ogni caso, io mi ero fissata sull'idea sbagliata :(
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acyl group


Explanation:
I found the translation in HOEPLI

GianLuigi Miani
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