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heptadecylic

heptadecylic adjective: relating to the heptadecyl radical.

Adjective

heptadecylic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the heptadecyl radical
    • The FAMEs were then resuspended in 0.5 ml hexane for GC-MS analysis. 100 μg of heptadecylic acid (17:0, Sigma-Aldrich, USA) was added to each sample prior to the FAME extraction as an internal standard.2016 March 4, “Characterization of the Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Cucumber: Structure, Phylogeny, and Expression Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of heptadecylic

From heptadecyl + -ic.

Questions about heptadecylic

What does heptadecylic mean?
Heptadecylic means relating to the heptadecyl radical.
What part of speech is heptadecylic?
Heptadecylic is an adjective.

Words near heptadecylic in the dictionary

  1. heptadecenoic
  2. heptadecenoic acid
  3. heptadecenoic acids
  4. heptadecenoyl
  5. heptadecyl
  6. heptadecylic
  7. heptadecyls
  8. heptadecyne
  9. heptadentate
  10. heptadepsipeptide
  11. heptadepsipeptides

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