P4060
Phytanic acid
≥96%, mixture of isomers
Synonym(s):
3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoic acid, NSC 108698, Phytanoic acid
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H40O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
312.53
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
MDL number:
biological source
synthetic (organic)
Quality Level
assay
≥96%
form
liquid
functional group
carboxylic acid
lipid type
saturated FAs
shipped in
ambient
storage temp.
2-8°C
SMILES string
CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CC(O)=O
InChI
1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)
InChI key
RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Warning
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Hazard Classifications
Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3
target_organs
Respiratory system
Storage Class
10 - Combustible liquids
wgk
WGK 3
ppe
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N M Verhoeven et al.
Progress in lipid research, 40(6), 453-466 (2001-10-10)
Phytanic acid is a methyl-branched fatty acid present in the human diet. Due to its structure, degradation by beta-oxidation is impossible. Instead, phytanic acid is oxidized by alpha-oxidation, yielding pristanic acid. Despite many efforts to elucidate the alpha-oxidation pathway, it
R J Wanders et al.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 60(11), 1021-1031 (2001-11-15)
Refsum disease was first recognized as a distinct disease entity by Sigvald Refsum in the 1940s. The discovery of markedly elevated levels of the branched-chain fatty acid phytanic acid in certain patients marked Refsum disease as a disorder of lipid
J F Young et al.
Meat science, 95(4), 904-911 (2013-05-22)
Meat is an integral part of the human diet. Besides essential amino acids and nutritive factors of high quality and availability, meat provides often overlooked components of importance for human health. These are amino acids and bioactive compounds that may