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
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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
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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.
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(Fig. 2C, light bar) and palmitate (Fig. 2D, light bar), but 150% lower levels of behenic acid
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Likewise, a significant proportion of glucose metabolism contributed to fatty acid synthesis as evidenced by glucose-derived 13C-labeled behenic acid
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