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Stearic Acid

• Synonym(s): Stearic Acid, Octadecanoic Acid
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₈H₃₆O₂
• CAS Number: 57-11-4
• Molecular Weight: 284.48
• MDL number: MFCD00002752
• UNSPSC Code: 12352211
• NACRES: NA.77

Properties

• assay: ≥99% (GC)
• Quality Level: 100
• form: solid
• manufacturer/tradename: Calbiochem^®
• storage condition: OK to freeze
• impurities: ≤0.5% saponifiable substance, as methyl ester
• color: white
• solubility: ethanol: soluble
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 10-30°C
• InChI: 1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)
• InChI key: QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Stearic Acid is a common fatty acid that isfound as a glycerol ester in most plant and animal fats. It exists athigher concentrations in animal fats than plant fats. Stearic acid is found asa triglyceride in cocoa butter and shea butter. It is used to enrich foodinstead of palmitic acid and trans-fat in the food industry. Stearic acid isapplicable in the production of soaps, detergents, shampoos, shaving creams, andcosmetics.

Application

Stearic acid has been used as a light chainfatty acid (LCFA) to study its effects on the dysfunction of tumor-derived exosomelipid-induced dendritic cells.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cell permeable: no

Product does not compete with ATP.

Reversible: no

Warning

Toxicity: Standard Handling (A)

Legal Information

CALBIOCHEM is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: nwg
• flash_point_f: 392.0 °F - Cleveland open cup
• flash_point_c: 200 °C - Cleveland open cup