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Palmitic acid

Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature) is a fatty acid with a 16-carbon chain. It is the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms. Its chemical formula is .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output…

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Palmitic acid

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples35
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Palmitic acid

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related to Biochemistry · 8
Palmitic acid → ACC, As, CoA, In, Palmitate, Palmitic, Palmitoylation, Some
related to External links · 5
Palmitic acid → Encyclopædia Britannica, Media, Palmitic, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Dietary sources · 4
Palmitic acid → Among, Karukas, Palmitic, The
related to Research · 4
Palmitic acid → It, LDL, Palmitic, The World Health Organization
related to Surfactant · 4
Palmitic acid → Elaeis, Palmitic, These, To
related to Military · 3
Palmitic acid → Aluminium, The, World War II
related to Foods · 2
Palmitic acid → Because, Sodium
related to Occurrence and production · 2
Palmitic acid → Palmitic, Triglycerides
see also · 2
Palmitic acid → PalmitateJuniperic, Retinyl
is a · 1
Palmitic acid → major body component of animals

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Palmitic acidis amajor body component of animals0.90text
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryPalmitic0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryAs0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryIn0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryPalmitate0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryCoA0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryACC0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistrySome0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to BiochemistryPalmitoylation0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to Dietary sourcesPalmitic0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to Dietary sourcesAmong0.60section
Palmitic acidrelated to Dietary sourcesKarukas0.60section

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