Structured Summary
Abstract
A common saturated fatty acid found in fats and waxes including olive oil, palm oil, and body lipids.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Hexadecanoic Acid
- Acid, Hexadecanoic
- Acid, Palmitic
- Calcium Palmitate
- Sodium Palmitate
- Palmitate, Calcium
- Palmitate, Sodium
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with PALMITIC ACIDS
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History Note
97; was PALMITIC ACID (NM) 1981-96; HEXADECANOIC ACID was see PALMITIC ACIDS 1975-96
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Previous Indexing
- Palmitic Acids (1981-1996)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Palmitic Acid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019308. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019308
- Palmitic Acid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitic_acid
- Palmitic Acid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209727