UNDECYLENIC ACID


Meaning of UNDECYLENIC ACID in English

| ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lenik-, -lēnik- noun

Etymology: undecylene C 11 H 22 (from undecyl + -ene ) + -ic

: a liquid or crystalline acid CH 2 . CH(CH 2 ) 8 COOH that is a component of perspiration, that is formed from ricinoleic acid in the vacuum distillation of castor oil, and that is used sometimes in the form of a salt in the treatment of fungous infections especially of the skin; 10-undecenoic acid

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