Stearic acid (or n-octadecanoic acid) has a chemical formula of CH3(CH2)16COOH and is a straight chain molecule. It is one of the most commonly found saturated fatty acids and it occurs as glycerides in the majority of animal and vegetable fats. It can...

n-Octadecanoic acid The most common fatty acid occurring in vegetable oils and fats. It is chiefly present as glyceryl esters. Used in the manufacture of alkyd resins, aluminium and zinc stearates, and candles, as a lubricant for cosmetics, employed in...

(stearate) White fatty acids (see FATTY ACIDS) found in animal fats and many vegetable oils. Also used to modify the recording surface of a CARBON PASTE ELECTRODE used in VOLTAMMETRY. See also: drug ionization CHARLES...

Stearic acid (IUPAC systematic name: octadecanoic acid) is one of the useful types of saturated fatty acids that come from many animal and vegetable fats and oils. It is a waxy solid, and its chemical formula is CH3(CH2)16COOH. Its name comes from the...

ABSTRACT: Coming from the Greek for "hard fat," stearic acid represents one of the most abundant FA in the Western diet. Otherwise known as n-octadecanoic acid (18:0), stearate is either obtained in the diet or synthesized by the elongation of palmitate, the principal product...

ABSTRACT: More than 40 years ago, saturated FA with 12, 14, and 16 carbon atoms (lauric acid, myristic acid, and palmitic acid) were demonstrated to be "hypercholesterolemic saturated FA." It was further concluded that the serum total cholesterol level would hardly be changed by...