ALA relieved essential fatty acid deficiency; ELA did not.

[4] Diets containing 0.01% bitter gourd seed oil (0.006% as α-eleostearic acid) were found to prevent azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in rats.

[5] α-Eleostearic acid is found in the oils extracted from seeds.

Bitter gourd seed oil has 60% α-eleostearic acid.

Eleo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word for olive, ἔλαιον.