7-Isolinolenic acid

Physicians called attention to the effective antimicrobial action of organotin compounds in the middle of the last century. In 1958, Stalinon , a medical preparation consisting of diethyldiiodostannane and isolinolenic acid esters1072, was produced in France for the treatment of staphylococcus infections. Hexabutyldistannoxane in combination with formaldehyde1046 was used as a remedy against Staphylococcus aureus. 

Linseed oil contains, in addition to the glycerol ester of linoleic acid, the esters of the more highly unsaturated acids, linolenic and isolinolenic acids, both of which have the composition Ci7H29.COOH. The structure of these acids has not been definitely determined. 

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