Punicic acid

  • ( 9Z, 11E, 13Z ) -9 ,11,13 - octadeca - trienoic acid (IUPAC)
  • Trichosaninsäure

Fixed

43-44 ° C

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Punicic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid. Your name is derived from the pomegranate ( Punica granatum ), since it occurs in pomegranate seed oil. However, they can also be found in a few other vegetable oils and is the stereoisomer elaeostearic.

The punicic is a conjugated linolenic acid, abbreviated CLnA ( conjugated linolenic acid). So It contains three conjugated double bonds. Chemically it resembles the conjugated linoleic acids ( conjugated linoleic acid CLA = ), but which have only two conjugated double bonds. In the lipid spelling punicic is denoted by the symbol " 18:3 ( ω -5) ," it belongs to the omega -n- fatty acids.

CAS registry number PubChem
665106
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