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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, C3H5(C16H3O2)3, contained in all fats which yield palmitic acid when hydrolyzed and pre-pared by heating glycerol with palmitic acid. It forms ill-defined crystals melting at 62° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol. Chem.) See palmitin.

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  • noun organic chemistry The triglyceride of palmitic acid

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  • noun a triglyceride of palmitic acid

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Examples

  • Upon analysis, it showed: saponification value, 141.2; palmitic acid, 37.84 percent, and glycerids as tripalmitin, 28.03 percent.

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  • The main component of the matrix of these particles is tripalmitin (TPM) and SLN are conjugated with

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  • Pills made by pressing tripalmitin have rougher surfaces than those made by extrusion when the surface melts slightly and becomes relatively smooth.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • (of the Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) and Martin Jurna (NanoNed / University of Twente) filmed the spread of theophylline (a medicament for asthma) from various types of tripalmitin pills using a technique known as CARS microsopy.

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