Beta-Eleostearic acid
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β-Eleostearic acid, or (9E,11E,13E)-octadeca-9,11,13-trienoic acid, is an organic compound
with formula or H3C-(-CH2-)3(-CH=CH-)3-(-CH2-)7-(C=O)OH. It is the all-trans conformational isomer of octadecatrienoic acid
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Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
with formula or H3C-(-CH2-)3(-CH=CH-)3-(-CH2-)7-(C=O)OH. It is the all-trans conformational isomer of octadecatrienoic acid
Octadecatrienoic acid
An octadecatrienoic acid is a chemical compounds with formula , a fatty acid with whose molecule has an 18-carbon unbranched backbone with three double bonds....
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See also
- α-Eleostearic acid, the (9Z,11E,13E)-isomer, found in tung oilTung oilTung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree . As a drying oil, tung oil hardens upon exposure to air. The resulting coating is transparent plastic-like and is exploited in most of its applications, which include wood finishing and the...
and bitter gourd seed oil.