Myristic Acid

Description

Lauric acid, as a component of triglycerides, comprises about half of the fatty acid content in coconut oil, laurel oil, and in palm kernel oil (not to be confused with palm oil), [2][3]Otherwise it is relatively uncommon. It is also found in human breast milk (6.2% of total fat), cow\'s milk (2.9%), and goat\'s milk (3.1%). 

 



This product occurs as oily white crystalline solid with its melting point ****4 °C(lit.) and boiling point **0 °C at **0 mm Hg(lit.).It is insoluble in water.Myristic acid is probably combustible.It is stable but incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.Myristic acid is commonly added co-translationally to the penultimate, nitrogen-terminus, glycine in receptor-associated kinases to confer the membrane localisation of the enzyme. The myristic acid has a sufficiently high hydrophobicity to become incorporated into the fatty acyl core of the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane of the eukaryotic cell. In this way, myristic acid acts as a lipid anchor in biomembranes. Its purity is not less than *7.0%(GC).It\'s the grade of