caproic acid
/kəˈprəʊɪk
/noun [mass noun] Chemistry
A liquid fatty acid present in milk fat and coconut and palm oils.
- Alternative name: hexanoic acid; chemical formula: CH3(CH2)4COOH.
- To achieve this, amino caproic acid was incorporated for the first time into the pollen germination medium.
- The thiourea group that links the chromophore to the caproic acid is shown to modulate the emission properties of the FITC-ACA.
Origin
Mid 19th century: caproic from Latin caper, capr- 'goat' (because of its smell) + -ic.
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