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A3631

Arachidic acid

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Arachic acid, Arachidinic acid, Eicosanoic acid, Icosanoic acid, NSC 93983

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)18COOH
CAS Number:
506-30-9
Molecular Weight:
312.53
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24890792
EC Number:
208-031-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1788211
MDL number:
MFCD00002755

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InChI key

VKOBVWXKNCXXDE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C20H40O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20(21)22/h2-19H2,1H3,(H,21,22)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

assay

≥99%

form

crystalline powder

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

Quality Level

200

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

omega FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

−20°C

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Application

Arachidic acid has been used as a fatty acid standard to optimize a sensitive high-performauce liquid chromatography (HPLC) method to analyse fatty acid (FA) for the quantification of polyunsaturated FAs (PUFAs) in cell lipid extracts.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Arachidic acid is a saturated fatty acid with a 20 carbon chain. Arachidic acid occurs naturally in fish and vegetable oils. Diets rich in saturated fats like arachidic acid are associated with increased levels of serum low density lipoproteins.

pictograms

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GHS07

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hcodes

H315,H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

230.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

110 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Lipids in blood-brain barrier models in vitro I: thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography for the analysis of lipid classes and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
Kraamer SD, et al.
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Animal, 38(10), 557-565 (2002)
ATTY ACIDS| Properties
Encyclopedia of food sciences and nutrition (2003)
Caiyan Lu et al.
Analytical chemistry, 83(1), 351-358 (2010-12-03)
An organic delta layer system made of alternating Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of barium arachidate (AA) and barium dimyristoyl phosphatidate (DMPA) was constructed to elucidate the factors that control depth resolution in molecular depth profile experiments. More specifically, one or several bilayers
Ubonvan Termsarasab et al.
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 109, 280-286 (2013-05-15)
Arachidyl chitosan (chitosan oligosaccharide-arachidic acid; CSOAA)-based self-assembled nanoprobes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of neoplastic lesions was developed and evaluated in vitro. Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic dianhydride (DTPA) was conjugated to chitosan oligosaccharide (CSO) and Gd(3+) was chelated to the resulting ligand. DTPA
Detection of unusual very-long-chain fatty acid and ether lipid derivatives in the fibroblasts and plasma of patients with peroxisomal diseases using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Takashima S, et al.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 120(3), 255-268 (2017)
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