Nervonic acid

• (Z)- 15 - tetracosenoic
• Cis -15 - tetracosenoic
• 24:1 ( ω -9) (lipid Name )

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Nervonic acid is an omega -9- fatty acid. It is used mainly as a plastic additive and lubricant technology.

Nervonic acid is found mainly in the tissues of the central nervous system in the human body. Like all Omega - 9 fatty acids is nervonic not essential, it can be formed by the human body when needed themselves. It is believed, because in these diseases nervonic missing in the myelin sheaths is a link between lack of nervonic and nervous diseases such as multiple sclerosis and adrenoleukodystrophy. This should lead to certain failure symptoms including vision loss and disorders of equilibrium feeling, of movements and the power of recollection. Therefore, natural sources of nervonic acid for the manufacture of medicaments may be of interest.

A role in the seed oil of the rare tree Malania oleifera could play from the family Olacaceae, since this has the highest known proportion of nervonic.