Erucic acid

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA long chain unsaturated fatty acid, CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)11COOH, found in rapeseed and mustard seed oils; the cis- isomer is erucic acid, the trans- isomer is brassidic acid

Synonyms

erucate erucamide brassidic acid erucin cerotic acid euscaphic acid undecylenic acid glucoerucin myristoleic acid myristic acid aesculic acid arachidic acid

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