"Conjugated fatty acids (CFAs) are a mix of positional and geometric isomers of polyunsaturated fatty acids with conjugated double bonds. Reports indicate that CFAs have potent beneficial effects, including antitumor, antiobese, antiatherogenic and antidiabetic activities," scientists in Japan report in their review.
K. Nagao and T. Yanagita from Saga University explained, "The molecules have also been shown to prevent the onset of hypertension. Recent reports suggest that each CFA isomer has different functions, for example the 10trans, 12cis isomer of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has anticarcinogenic, antiobese and antidiabetic effects, whereas the 9cis, 11trans-CLA isomer exerts an anticancer effect.