
Myristic Acid
Tetradecanoic acid is a straight-chain, fourteen-carbon, long-chain saturated fatty acid mostly found in milk fat. It has a role as a human metabolite, an EC 3.1.1.1 (carboxylesterase) inhibitor, a Daphnia magna metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a long-chain fatty acid and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a tetradecanoate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- tetradecanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C14H28O2
- Molecular weight
- 228.37 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 228.208930132 Da
- XLogP3
- 5.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:28875
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL111077
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6021666
- PubMed:31199497
- PubMed:29968805
- PubMed:23074910
- PubMed:22976319
- PubMed:22935484
- PubMed:22893559
- PubMed:22870256
- PubMed:22841774
- PubMed:22795601
- PubMed:22790947
- PubMed:22790942
- PubMed:22783904
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