palmitic acid

noun

pal·​mit·​ic acid (ˌ)pal-ˈmi-tik- How to pronounce palmitic acid (audio)
(ˌ)pä-,
(ˌ)päl-,
(ˌ)pȯ-,
(ˌ)pȯl-
: a waxy crystalline saturated fatty acid C16H32O2 occurring free or in the form of esters (such as glycerides) in most fats and fatty oils and in several essential oils and waxes

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It’s made by combining vitamin A with a type of fat called palmitic acid. William Truswell, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024 How Retinyl Palmitate Comes From Vitamin A Retinyl palmitate is made by combining vitamin A with palmitic acid. William Truswell, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024 The major difference is that the original formula includes retinyl palmitate, a blend of retinol (the naturally occurring form of Vitamin A) and palmitic acid (a naturally occurring fatty acid), Pregnancy Pampering: What's Safe, What's Not Is Bio-Oil Safe During Pregnancy? Cat Matta, Parents, 22 July 2024 The crucial recipe was a mixture of myristic acid, palmitic acid, and palmitoleic acid, all of which were isolated from the milky part of the blood that Leinwand had observed in her first experiment. Anthony King, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2012 For example in butter, oleic acid (32%), myristic acid (20%), palmitic acid (15%) and searic acid (15%) make up the greatest percentage of the fatty acids [2]. Vince C Reyes, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013 The blood of fasted and fed pythons contained very different blends of fatty acids, and the team identified three that are particularly important – myristic acid, palmitic acid and palmitoleic acid. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2011 In the past, pure retinol was combined with a fatty acid called palmitic acid to formulate pro-retinol, giving it the scientific name retinyl palmitate. Devon Abelman, Allure, 4 Sep. 2021 And this formula can includes the cost of supplements, like palmitic acid. Karen Ho, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from palmitin

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of palmitic acid was in 1849

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Medical Definition

palmitic acid

noun
pal·​mit·​ic acid (ˌ)pal-ˌmit-ik-, (ˌ)pä(l)- How to pronounce palmitic acid (audio)
: a waxy crystalline saturated fatty acid C16H32O2 occurring free or in the form of esters (as glycerides) in most fats and fatty oils and in several essential oils and waxes

called also hexadecanoic acid

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