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LAURIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lauric acid mean?
• LAURIC ACID (noun)
The noun LAURIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
Familiarity information: LAURIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
dodecanoic acid; lauric acid
Hypernyms ("lauric acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
Context examples
This alteration in the cytochrome P450 2C9*5 protein sequence increases the Km of this enzyme for (S)-warfarin, diclofenac, and lauric acid, thereby decreasing clearance of these drugs.
(CYP2C9*5 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Lauric acid is found naturally in various plant and animal fats and oils, and is a major component of coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
(Lauric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
However, the coconut oil-derived free fatty acid mixture—lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid as well as their corresponding methyl esters—provides strong repellency against blood-sucking insects.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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