Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or obtained from palm-oil. Also
palmic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62° C.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective organic chemistry Of, pertaining to, or derived from
palmitic acid
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fully engorged adipocytes begin to die and leak their contents into the bloodstream, including saturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid.
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The Ivy Leaguers used aluminum salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids to produce a thickening agent for gasoline.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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The Ivy Leaguers used aluminum salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids to produce a thickening agent for gasoline.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Why do all these anti-saturated fat people rail against palmitic acid and encourage people to overeat on carbs when those carbs are converted to palmitic acid?
Rapid health improvements with a Paleolithic diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Why do all these anti-saturated fat people rail against palmitic acid and encourage people to overeat on carbs when those carbs are converted to palmitic acid?
Rapid health improvements with a Paleolithic diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Carbs stimulate the production of palmitic acid, a 16-carbon chain fat.
Changing dietary trends and the obesity epidemic | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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The molecules of palmitic acid in formula are arranged in a way that causes some of the fat to combine with calcium in an unabsorbable “soap.”
Baby Bites Bridget Swinney 2007
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Palm oil or palmitic oil, a source of fat in some formulas, binds with calcium in the digestive tract.
Baby Bites Bridget Swinney 2007
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The molecules of palmitic acid in formula are arranged in a way that causes some of the fat to combine with calcium in an unabsorbable “soap.”
Baby Bites Bridget Swinney 2007
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The body converts excess carbs to palmitic acid, a saturated fat.
Are antioxidants harmful? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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