The highest percentage of pinolenic acid is found in Siberian pine nuts and the oil produced from them.

[citation needed] Pinolenic acid is formally designated as all-cis-5,9,12-18:3.

However, like the EFAs, it forms biologically active metabolites in the presence of cyclooxygenase or lipoxygenase.

[4] Recent research has shown its potential use in weight loss by curbing appetite.

Pinolenic acid may have LDL-lowering properties by enhancing hepatic LDL uptake.