ErucicO acidácido iserúcico producedprodúcese bypor elongationelongación ofdo [[ácido oleico]] oleicpor acidmedio viado oleoyloleoíl-[[coenzymecoencima A]] ande [[malonylmalonil-CoA]].<ref name=Bao>{{cite journal | author = Bao Xiaoming, Pollard Mike, Ohlrogge John | year = 1998 | title = The Biosynthesis of Erucic Acid in Developing Embryos of Brassica rapa | url = | journal = Plant Physiol | volume = 118 | issue = | pages = 183–190 | pmid = 9733537 }}</ref> ErucicO acidácido iserúcico brokené downdegradado intoorixinando shorter-chainácidos fattygraxos acidsde incadeas themáis humancurtas liverno byfígado thehumano long-chainpor [[Acylacción CoA dehydrogenase]]do [[enzymeencima]] Acilo de cadea longa CoA deshidroxenase.▼
{{further2|[[Lipid metabolism]]}}
▲Erucic acid is produced by elongation of oleic acid via oleoyl-[[coenzyme A]] and [[malonyl-CoA]].<ref name=Bao>{{cite journal | author = Bao Xiaoming, Pollard Mike, Ohlrogge John | year = 1998 | title = The Biosynthesis of Erucic Acid in Developing Embryos of Brassica rapa | url = | journal = Plant Physiol | volume = 118 | issue = | pages = 183–190 | pmid = 9733537 }}</ref> Erucic acid is broken down into shorter-chain fatty acids in the human liver by the long-chain [[Acyl CoA dehydrogenase]] [[enzyme]].
