octadecanoic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:28842

Synonyms

• 18:0
• acide octadecanoique
• acide stearique
• C18:0
• CH3-[CH2]16-COOH
• n-octadecanoic acid
• Octadecanoic acid
• Octadecansaeure
• octadecoic acid
• Oktadekansaeure
• Stearate
• stearic acid
• Stearinsaeure

Definition

A C18 straight-chain saturated fatty acid component of many animal and vegetable lipids. As well as in the diet, it is used in hardening soaps, softening plastics and in making cosmetics, candles and plastics.

References

• CAS:57-11-4
• DrugBank:DB03193
• Drug_Central:4611
• Gmelin:11738
• HMDB:HMDB0000827
• KEGG:C01530
• KEGG:D00119
• KNApSAcK:C00001238
• LIPID_MAPS_instance:LMFA01010018
• MetaCyc:STEARIC_ACID
• PDBeChem:STE
• PMID:11425337
• PMID:16448636
• PMID:17439666
• PMID:18982377
• PMID:19468063
• PMID:19838949
• PMID:22735334
• PMID:26884207
• PMID:7763343
• Reaxys:608585
• Wikipedia:Stearic_acid

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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