Behenic Acid

• CAT Number: R020861
• CAS Number: 112-85-6
• Molecular Formula: C22H44O2
• Molecular Weight: 340.592
• Purity: ≥95%
• Synonyms: Docosanoic Acid; 1-Docosanoic Acid; B 95; B 95 (Acid); EXL 5; Edenor C 22-85R; Edenor C 22-85RGS; Glycon B 70; Hydrofol 2022-55; Hydrofol Acid 560; NAA 222S; NAA 22S; NSC 32364; Prifac 2987; Prifrac 2989; n-Docosanoic Acid
• Storage: -20°C
• IUPAC Name: docosanoic acid
• InChI: InChI=1S/C22H44O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22(23)24/h2-21H2,1H3,(H,23,24)
• InChIKey: UKMSUNONTOPOIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Docosanoic acid is a long-<wbr></wbr>chain saturated fatty acid that exists naturally as a triglyceride in canola, peanut, and marine animal oils as well as animal milk fats and peanut skins. Commercially, docosanoic acid is regularly used to give hair conditioners and moisturizers their smoothing properties. As a dietary oil, docosanoic acid has poor bioavailability in humans, yet compared with oleic acid, docosanoic acid significantly raises serum total and low-<wbr></wbr>density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations.

Reference

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