Capric acid vegetable oils

Fats and oils may be synthesized in enantiomerically pure forms in the laboratory (30) or derived from vegetable sources (mainly from nuts, beans, and seeds), animal depot fats, fish, or marine mammals. Oils obtained from other sources differ markedly in their fatty acid distribution. Table 2 shows compositions for a wide variety of oils. One variation in composition is the chain length of the fatty acid. Butterfat, for example, has a fairly high concentration of short- and medium-chain saturated fatty acids. Oils derived from cuphea are also a rich source of capric acid which is considered to be medium in chain length (32). Palm kernel and coconut oils are known as lauric oils because of their high content of C-12 saturated fatty acid (lauric acid). Rapeseed oil, on the other hand, has a fairly high concentration of long-chain (C-20 and C-22) fatty acids. [Pg.128]

The major properties of nine of the principal edible vegetable oils are summarized in Tbble 2. For descriptions of the constituent acids, see also Arachidic Acid Capric Acid Caproic Acid Lauric Acid Linoleic Acid Linolenic Acid Myristic Acid Oleic Acid Palmitic Acid and Stearic Acid and Stearates. [Pg.1673]

Asafetida (Ferula foetida) extract Benzoic acid Biphenyl Brominated vegetable oil Butyrophenone Caffeine Capric acid Caramel Carboxymethylcellulose Casein Chloroform Citric acid Coumarin Denatonium benzoate . Diacetyl... [Pg.5280]

Three fatty acids comprise an oil and are usually referred to as just acids. Caprylic acid (octanoic acid or 1-heptanecarboxylic acid) is the most antimicrobial emulsified fatty acid compared to capric and oleic (higher in molecular weight compared to caprylic acid). Oleic acid (d.v-9-octadcccnoic) and caprylic acid are natural fatty acids found in vegetable and marine oils. The oleic acid or similar low... [Pg.103]