- lignoceric acid
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The saturated fatty acid tetracosanoic acid having twenty-four carbon atoms; it is found in wood tar.
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Lignoceric acid — Chembox new Name = Lignoceric acid IUPACName = Tetracosanoic acid ImageFile = Lignocerīnskābe.svg Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = C24H48O2 MolarMass = 368.63 g/mol Lignoceric acid, also tetracosanoic acid, is a saturated fatty acid with… … Wikipedia
lignoceric acid — lignocero rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė H(CH₂)₂₃COOH atitikmenys: angl. lignoceric acid rus. лигноцериновая кислота ryšiai: sinonimas – tetrakozano rūgštis … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
lignoceric acid — |lignə|serik noun Etymology: lignoceric International Scientific Vocabulary lign + cer + ic : a crystalline fatty acid CH3(CH2)22COOH found especially in wood tar (as from beechwood) and in the form of esters in many fats, fatty oils, and waxes … Useful english dictionary
lignoceric acid — An acid present in one type of sphingolipid and in small amounts in triacylglycerols. SYN: n tetracosanoic acid. * * * lig·no·cer·ic acid .lig nō .ser ik , .sir n a crystalline fatty acid C24H48O2 that is found esp. in wood tar (as from… … Medical dictionary
lignoceric — adjective Of or pertaining to lignoceric acid or its derivatives … Wiktionary
Lignoceric — Lig no*cer ic (l[i^]g n[ o]*s[e^]r [i^]k), a. [L. lignum wood + cera wax.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fatty acid — Not to be confused with fat. Butyric acid, a short chain fatty acid Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyun … Wikipedia
cerebronic acid — A constituent of brain cerebrosides and other glycolipids. SYN: phrenosinic acid. * * * cer·e·bron·ic acid .ser ə .brän ik n a hydroxy fatty acid obtained from phrenosin by hydrolysis * * * cer·e·bron·ic ac·id (ser″ə bronґik) a fatty… … Medical dictionary
tetracosanoic acid — tet·ra·co·sa·no·ic ac·id (tet″rə ko″sə noґik) systematic name for lignoceric acid; see also table at fatty acid … Medical dictionary
n-tetracosanoic acid — SYN: lignoceric acid … Medical dictionary
