β-Eleostearic acid, or (9''E'',11''E'',13''E'')-octadeca-9,11,13-trienoic acid, is an
organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-co ...
with formula or H
3C(CH
2)
3(CH=CH)
3(CH
2)
7COOH. It is an all-''trans''
isomer
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formula – that is, the same number of atoms of each element (chemistry), element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. ''Isomerism'' refers to the exi ...
of
octadecatrienoic acid.
See also
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α-Eleostearic acid, the (9''Z'',11''E'',13''E'')-isomer, found in
tung oil
Tung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree (''Vernicia fordii''). Tung oil hardens upon exposure to air (through polymerization), and the resulting coating is transparent and has a d ...
and
bitter gourd
''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karela, karavila and many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, w ...
seed oil.
Fatty acids
Alkenoic acids
Polyenes
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