Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as benic.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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From behen oil

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Examples

  • The fatty acid composition is: palmitic 1.3 per cent; stearic 1.4 per cent; arachidic 3 per cent; behenic 3.4 per cent; erucic 22 per cent; oleic 60.8 per cent; linoleic

    Chapter 27 1987

  • Winged bean oil contains behenic acid (as does peanut oil), but although this may reduce its digestibility, it seems unlikely to have other ill effects.

    3 Food Use and Nutritive Value 1981

  • (Fig. 2C, light bar) and palmitate (Fig. 2D, light bar), but 150% lower levels of behenic acid

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Likewise, a significant proportion of glucose metabolism contributed to fatty acid synthesis as evidenced by glucose-derived 13C-labeled behenic acid

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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