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BEHENIC ACID [1 record]

Record 1 2000-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Behenic Acid. ... Minor constituent of most seed fats, animal milk fats and marine animal oils. Large amounts ... are found in ... jambo oil, mustard seed oil and rape oil ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Plasturgie
DEF

[...] acide [...] constitué par le n-docosanoïque [...] présent dans la cire de Carnauba, les huiles de colza et de moutarde et des sphingolipides animaux.

Key term(s)
  • acide docosanoïque

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Fabricación de plásticos
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