heptadecylic

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English

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Etymology

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From heptadecyl +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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heptadecylic (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Relating to the heptadecyl radical
    • 2016 March 4, “Characterization of the Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Cucumber: Structure, Phylogeny, and Expression Patterns”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The FAMEs were then resuspended in 0.5 ml hexane for GC-MS analysis. 100 μg of heptadecylic acid (17:0, Sigma-Aldrich, USA) was added to each sample prior to the FAME extraction as an internal standard.