Decanoic acid

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Decanoic acid

Decanoic acid, or capric acid, is a saturated fatty acid

Fatty acid

In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid often with a long unbranched aliphatic tail , which is either saturation or Unsaturated compound....
. Its formula is CH₃(CH₂)₈COOH. Salts and ester

Ester

An ester is an often Aroma compound organic chemistry or partially organic compound formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol or aromatic alcohol with the elimination of water....
s of decanoic acid are called decanoates.

It is used in organic synthesis and industrially in the manufacture of perfumes, lubricants, greases, rubber, dyes, plastics, food additives and pharmaceuticals.

noate salts and esters of various drugs are available.

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Decanoic acid, or capric acid, is a saturated fatty acid

Fatty acid

Ester

Pharmaceuticals

Decanoate salts and esters of various drugs are available. Since decanoic acid is a fatty acid, forming a salt or ester with a drug will increase its lipophilicity and its affinity for fatty tissue. Since distribution

Distribution (pharmacology)

Distribution in pharmacology is a branch of pharmacokinetics which describes the reversible transfer of drug from one location to another within the body....
of a drug from fatty tissue is usually slow, one may develop a long-acting injectable form of a drug (called a Depot injection

Injection (medicine)

An injection is an route of administration of putting liquid into the body, usually with a hollow hypodermic needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin to a sufficient depth for the material to be forced into the body....
) by using its decanoate form. Some examples of drugs available as a decanoate ester or salt include nandrolone

Nandrolone

Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human anatomy, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester ....
, fluphenazine

Fluphenazine

Fluphenazine is a typical antipsychotic medication used for the treatment of psychosis such as schizophrenia and acute manic phases of bipolar disorder....
, bromperidol

Bromperidol

Bromperidol is a drug which is a butyrophenone derivative. It is a potent and long-acting neuroleptic, used as an antipsychotic in the treatment of schizophrenia....
, haloperidol

Haloperidol

Haloperidol is a typical antipsychotic. It is in the butyrophenone class of antipsychotic medications and has pharmacology similar to the phenothiazines....
and vanoxerine

Vanoxerine

Vanoxerine, also known as GBR-12909, is a piperazine derivative which is a potent and selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor. GBR-12909 binds to the target site on the dopamine reuptake transporter around 500 times more strongly than cocaine, but simultaneously inhibits the release of dopamine....
.