heptadecylic

English

Etymology

From heptadecyl +‎ -ic.

Adjective

heptadecylic (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Relating to the heptadecyl radical
   • 2016 March 4, “Characterization of the Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Cucumber: Structure, Phylogeny, and Expression Patterns”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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.