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ricinoleic acid
noun
- a colorless to yellow, viscous, liquid, water-insoluble, unsaturated hydroxyl acid, C 1 8 H 3 4 O 3 , occurring in castor oil in the form of the glyceride: used chiefly in soaps and textile finishing.
ricinoleic acid
/ -ˈnəʊlɪɪk; ˌrɪsɪnəʊˈliːɪk /
noun
- an oily unsaturated carboxylic acid found, as the glyceride, in castor oil and used in the manufacture of soap and in finishing textiles; 12-hydroxy-9-octadecanoic acid. Formula: C 18 H 34 O 3
- the mixture of fatty acids obtained by hydrolysing castor oil
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of ricinoleic acid1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of ricinoleic acid1
Example Sentences
Similarly, the researchers showed that ricinoleic acid binds to EP in the uterus and causes contractions.
It contains palmitic and several other fatty acids, among which there is one—ricinoleic acid—peculiar to itself.
The knowledge that ricinoleic acid binds to EP3 could be used to design drugs that target the receptor, says Bennett.
But ricinoleic acid is much more specific than those theories suggest, acting through just one receptor.
Offermanns and his colleagues were screening different fatty acids for their ability to bind to certain cellular receptors when they got a hit with ricinoleic acid.
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