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PALMITIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palmitic acid mean? 

PALMITIC ACID (noun)
  The noun PALMITIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy productsplay

  Familiarity information: PALMITIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALMITIC ACID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid

Hypernyms ("palmitic acid" is a kind of...):

saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)

Holonyms ("palmitic acid" is a substance of...):

meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)


 Context examples 


Liraglutide's prolonged action and half-life of 11-15 hours are attributed to the attachment of the fatty acid palmitic acid to GLP-1 that reversibly binds to albumin.

(Liraglutide, NCI Thesaurus)

Palmitic acid is found naturally in palm oil and palm kernel oil, as well as in butter, cheese, milk and meat.

(Palmitic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Additionally, the fish oil/glycerol/egg lecithin-based emulsion contains, myristic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, octadecatetraenoic acid, eicosaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, docosaenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid.

(Fish Oil/Glycerol/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)



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