What are the properties of Palmitic Acid in supplements?

The properties of Palmitic Acid

Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature, is the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms. Its chemical formula is CH3(CH2)14COOH, and its C:D is 16:0. As its name indicates, it is a major component of the oil from the fruit of oil palms (palm oil). Palmitic acid can also be found in meats, cheeses, butter, and other dairy products. Palmitates are the salts and esters of palmitic acid.

Sources of Palmitic Acid in diet:

  • Milk and milk products; such as butter, cream, ice cream, sour cream, yoghurt, cheese and more.
  • Red meat and products made from red meat.
  • Palm oil and products that contains palm oil, such as pastry, crackers, fried potatoes, potato chips and more.
  • Coconut and coconut oil.
  • Avocado and products made from avocado.
  • Meat from poultry and products made from meat from poultry.
  • Egg and egg products.
  • Various nuts such as almonds, peanuts and brazil nuts.
  • Wheat and products made from wheat.

Palmitic Acid - Description from ChEBI

 

Palmitic Acid - Description from HMDB

 

Palmitic Acid - Description from NCI Thesaurus

 

Palmitic Acid - Description from DrugBank

 


The supplements containing Palmitic Acid

Liposomal Vitamin C with Quali-C, 1,000 mg, 180 Vegetarian Capsules (Zenwise Health)Liposomal Vitamin C with Quali-C, 1,000 mg, 180 Vegetarian Capsules (Zenwise Health)

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Liposomal Vitamin C with Quali-C, 1,000 mg, 180 Vegetarian Capsules (Zenwise Health) contains amoung others Palmitic Acid.

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Palmitic Acid

TBS Ingredient ID (TBSI ID):
Name
Palmitic Acid
Synonyms:
Hexadecanoic Acid, Cetylic Acid
Chemical Formula:
C16H32O2
Classification TypeIdentifier
PubChem CID:
U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubChem)
InChI Key:
International Chemical Identifier hash (InChIKey) computed from chemical structure using the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) standard		IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS:
A proprietary registry number assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) division of the American Chemical Society (ACS)		57-10-3
NIST:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
ChemIDplus:
United States National Library of Medicine - TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network).
EC Number:
A seven-digit regulatory identifier currently assigned by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) known as a European Community (EC) number		200-312-9
ECHA:
European Chemicals Agency.
ICSC Number:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
NSC Number: 5030
DSSTox Substance ID:
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
DrugBank:
The DrugBank database is a unique bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug data with comprehensive drug target information.
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MeSH® ID:
Medical Subject Heading (MeSH)
ChEBI:
Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) - Dictionary of molecular entities focused on "small" chemical compounds. ChEBI is part of the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute.
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ChEMBL:
An open data resource of binding, functional and ADMET bioactivity data (ChEMBL)
KEGG:
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)
HMDB:
The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) is a freely available electronic database containing detailed information about small molecule metabolites found in the human body.
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NCI Thesaurus:
National Cancer Institute - NCI.
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UNII:
FDA Substance Registration System - Unique Ingredient Identifier