eleostearic acid


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Noun1.eleostearic acid - a crystalline unsaturated fatty acid
elaeostearic acid
unsaturated fatty acid - a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms
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8%; 18:0), while the latter contains approximately 80% eleostearic acid, an unusual conjugated fatty acid.
Differential Gene Regulation of Lipid Synthesis in the Developing Seeds of Two Biodiesel Tree Species, Jatropha and Vernicia
abscisic acid, eleostearic acid, terephthalanilides) with tremendous therapeutic and prophylactic potential as anti-inflammatories," said Dr.
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The oil is composed mostly of eleostearic acid, an unusual conjugated fatty acid that can polymerize, or harden, in the presence of oxygen.
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