a white crystalline solid that is a saturated fatty acid: used in the manufacture of soap and candles. Formula: (C15H31)COOH
Systematic name: hexadecanoic acid
Word origin
C19: from French palmitique; see palm2, -ite2, -ic
Examples of 'hexadecanoic acid' in a sentence
hexadecanoic acid
Hexadecanoic acid (32.8%) and n-dodecanoic acid (7.8%) were identified as the major compounds.
Ramzi A. Mothana, Omar M. Noman, Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi, Jamal M. Khaled, Mansour S.Al-Said, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily 2017, 'Chemical Composition, In Vitro Antimicrobial, Free-Radical-Scavenging and AntioxidantActivities of the Essential Oil of Leucas inflata Benth', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/3/367. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hexadecanoic acid, tetrahydrogeranyl acetone and oleic acid were the main compounds of the essential oil.
Ardalan Pasdaran Lashgari, Abbas Delazar, Farriba Hesmati Afshar, Dena Parsa 2016, 'Contact Toxicity and Chemical Composition of Essential Oil of Acantholimon scorpius',Pharmaceutical Scienceshttp://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/PHARM/Abstract/PHARM_3143_20150909100103. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main constituents of the fractions were hexadecanoic acid (17.6%) and pentadecanoic acid (15.9%).
Hosana M. Debonsi, Otávio P. Rocha, Rafael De Felício, Maria Claudia M. Young, NairS. Yokoya, Sérgio De Albuquerque, Regina Maria B. Cicarelli, Daniela L. Ambrósio,Ana Helena B. Rodrigues 2011, 'Chemical Profile and Biological Potential of Non-Polar Fractions from Centrocerasclavulatum (C. Agardh) Montagne (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta)', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/8/7105/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main components of the oil were hexadecanoic acid (8.0%), elemol (7.0%) and α-bisabolol (6.1%).
Hashem Akhlaghi, Sedighe Sadat Akhlaghi, Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi 2017, 'Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil, Total Phenolic Content and AntioxidantActivity of Vitex pseudo-negundo Seeds Collected from Northeastern Iran', Journal of Chemical Health Riskshttp://jchr.org/index.php/JCHR/article/view/808. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These included triethyl phosphate, butylated hydroxytoluene, cedrol, n-hexadecanoic acid, squalene, and cholesterol.
Ganggang Shi, Huaping Lei, Yicun Chen, Weizhou Chen, Xueting Bai 2011, 'Volatile Constituents, Inorganic Elements and Primary Screening of Bioactivity ofBlack Coral Cigarette Holders', Marine Drugshttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/5/863/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The result showed that 9-hexadecenoic acid, 11,14-eicosadienoic acid, and n-hexadecanoic acid are themain constituents.
Salmiah Ismail, Farid Azizi Jalilian, Amir Hossein Talebpour, Mohsen Zargar, KamyarShameli, Zamberi Sekawi, Fatemeh Jahanshiri 2013, 'Chemical Composition and Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities of Allium hirtifoliumBoiss', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/696835. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Significant correlations were observed between fruit metabolites capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, hexadecanoic acid, cyclopentane, α-tocopherol and antioxidant activity.
Sarpras M, Rashmi Gaur, Vineet Sharma, Sushil Satish Chhapekar, Jharna Das, Ajay Kumar,Satish Kumar Yadava, Mukesh Nitin, Vijaya Brahma, Suresh K Abraham, Nirala Ramchiary 2016, 'Comparative Analysis of Fruit Metabolites and Pungency Candidate Genes Expressionbetween Bhut Jolokia and Other Capsicum Species.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5147997?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The analysis revealed that the most abundant metabolites are oleic acid (51.33%) followed by n-hexadecanoic acid (42.87%).
Aseer Manilal, Sugathan Sujith, Joseph Selvin, George Seghal Kiran, Chippu Shakir,Aaron Premnath Lipton 2010, 'Antimicrobial potential of marine organisms collected from the southwest coast ofIndia against multiresistant human and shrimp pathogens', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1159. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hexadecanoic acid (8.0%), caryophyllene oxide (6.4%), 2-methoxy-p-cresol (5.6%), camphor (4.7%) and eugenol (4.7%) were the most abundant constituents.
Ramzi Ahmed Mothana 2012, 'Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oilof Nepeta deflersiana Growing in Yemen', Records of Natural Productshttp://www.acgpubs.org/RNP/2012/Volume%206/Issue%201/29-RNP-1103-549.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
More than 20 organic components were identified, the main ones were 9-octadecenoic acid, ethyl oleate, cholesterol and n-hexadecanoic acid.
Yucui Ren, Lirong Shen, Fengqin Feng, Duo Li 2006, 'Nutritional composition of Polyrhachis vicina Roger (Edible Chinese black ant)', Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)http://www.sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/28_suppl1_pdf/14_Chinese_black_ant.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)