| DEFINITION |
"The stearic acid content in the essential oils present in or extracted from a plant or the plant part such as seed." [Gramene:pankaj_jaiswal] |
| XREF |
CAS:57-11-4CHEBI:28842 |
| COMMENT |
According to the Codex Alimentarium, the FAO international standards for food product specifications, the normal values may differ depending on the source plant. e.g. for soybean oil the normal values for stearic acid content are 2% - 5.4%. |
| SYNONYM |
"stearic oil content (related)" RELATED []"high stearic oil content (narrow)" NARROW []"n-octadecanoic acid content (exact)" EXACT []"octadecoic acid content (exact)" EXACT []"octadecanoic acid content (exact)" EXACT []"low stearic oil content (narrow)" NARROW [] |
| IS_A |
TO:0000604 ! fat and essential oil content |
| PUBMED |
PUBMED |