General description
Stearic Acid is a common fatty acid that isfound as a glycerol ester in most plant and animal fats. It exists athigher concentrations in animal fats than plant fats. Stearic acid is found asa triglyceride in cocoa butter and shea butter. It is used to enrich foodinstead of palmitic acid and trans-fat in the food industry. Stearic acid isapplicable in the production of soaps, detergents, shampoos, shaving creams, andcosmetics.
Application
Stearic acid has been used as a light chainfatty acid (LCFA) to study its effects on the dysfunction of tumor-derived exosomelipid-induced dendritic cells.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Cell permeable: no
Product does not compete with ATP.
Reversible: no
Legal Information
CALBIOCHEM is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Disclaimer
Toxicity: Standard Handling (A)
| description | Merck USA index - 14, 8804 |
| Quality Segment | 100 |
| assay | ≥99% (GC) |
| form | solid |
| manufacturer/tradename | Calbiochem® |
| storage condition | OK to freeze |
| impurities | ≤0.5% saponifiable substance, as methyl ester |
| color | white |
| solubility | ethanol: soluble |
| shipped in | ambient |
| storage temp. | 10-30°C |
| SMILES string | [O-]C(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC.[H+] |
| InChI | 1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20) |
| InChI key | QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
