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Petroselinic acid

≥99%, powder

Synonym(s):

5-Heptadecylene-1-carboxylic acid, 6-Octadecylenic acid, cis-6-Octadecenoic acid, C18:1n-12

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H34O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
282.46
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

Assay

≥99%

form

powder

color

white

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

unsaturated FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCC\C=C/CCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C18H34O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h12-13H,2-11,14-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)/b13-12-

InChI key

CNVZJPUDSLNTQU-SEYXRHQNSA-N

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Bochra Laribi et al.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 90(3), 391-396 (2010-04-01)
The essential oil and fatty acid composition of Tunisian annual caraway (Carum carvi L.) seeds from three ecotypes was investigated by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses. Total fatty acid (TFA) proportion of caraway seeds varied from 2.95% to
S Mekhedov et al.
Plant molecular biology, 47(4), 507-518 (2001-10-24)
Petroselinic acid (18:1 delta6) is the major component of the seed oil of Umbelliferae species such as coriander (Coriandrum sativum) as well as Araliaceae and Garryaceae species. This unusual fatty acid is synthesized in plastids by the delta4 desaturation of
Antonio Ruiz-Vela et al.
Stem cell reviews, 7(4), 898-909 (2011-04-19)
Differentiation therapy pursues the discovery of novel molecules to transform cancer progression into less aggressive phenotypes by mechanisms involving enforced cell transdifferentiation. In this study, we examined the identification of transdifferentiating adipogenic programs in human cancer cell lines (HCCLs). Our
C E Høy et al.
Lipids, 16(2), 102-108 (1981-02-01)
The incorporation of the dietary cis 18:1(n-12) and cis 18:1(n-10) into liver mitochondrial membrane phospholipids and adipose tissue triglycerides was studied in 4 groups of rats fed diets containing 10 weight percent (wt %) of fat with the following contents
E B Cahoon et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 89(23), 11184-11188 (1992-12-01)
Little is known about the metabolic origin of petroselinic acid (18:1 delta 6cis), the principal fatty acid of the seed oil of most Umbelliferae, Araliaceae, and Garryaceae species. To examine the possibility that petroselinic acid is the product of an

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