What's the difference between hexadecanoic and palmitic?
Hexadecanoic
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The maximum increase in stability due to ligand binding relative to the stability of defatted albumin monomer alone occurs with the intermediate affinity ligand octanoate (22 degrees C) and not with the high affinity ligand hexadecanoate (15 degrees C).
(2) The major molecular species of PE that contain 16:1(9t) at the sn-2 position have either 9-cis-hexadecenoic acid (16:1(9c] or hexadecanoic acid (16:0) at the sn-1 position.
(3) ONS, because of its unusual polar headgroup, resembled hexadecanoic acid more than octadecanoic acid.
(4) A reaction mixture of [1-14C]hexadecanoic acid with brain microsomes and NADPH formed two radioactive products having the same mobilities as pure hexadecanal (RF 0.61) and hexadecanol (RF 0.22), respectively, on TLC plates.
(5) Cell extracts of pseudomonads grown on hexadecanoic acid contained C(11) to C(19) acyl thiokinase, C(4) to C(14) acyl thiokinase, C(2) to C(6) acyl thiokinase, acetyl thiokinase, and acetokinase.
(6) Two homologs of 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro) fatty acids were found in adipocere from the human neonate, and identified as 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro)hexadecanoic acid and 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro)-octadecanoic acid.
(7) This bacterium only grew on alkyltrimethylammonium salts (C12 to C22) and possible intermediates of hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride breakdown such as hexadecanoate and acetate.
(8) The removal of soluble components from an ovine hepatic microsomal preparation decreased the omega-hydroxylation of dodecanoic and hexadecanoic acids.
(9) The deviations in the composition of the FFA spectrum found were elevation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids: hexadecanoic acid (C16:2), linoleic acid (C18:2), linolenic acid (C18:3), eicosadienoic acid (C20:2), eicosatrienoic acid (C20:3), eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5).
(10) The cellular fatty acid compositions of all the Plesiomonas strains were identical and characterized by the presence of hexadecanoate (16:0) (33%), hexadecenoate (16:1) (28%), octadecenoate (18:1) (9%), and octadecanoate (18:0) (6%).
(11) Dodecanoic (lauir) acid was the predominant fatty acid (greater than 60%) in neutral lipids from all three media, with lesser amounts of tetradecanoic, hexadecanoic, and octadecanoic acids.
(12) The major constituent fatty acids were identified as iso- and anteisopentadecanoate, iso- and n-hexadecanoate, and iso- and anteisoheptadecanoate.
(13) The delta-6 desaturation pathway activity measured with 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (linoleic acid) as substrate was increased, while the delta-9 desaturation pathway measured with hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) as substrate was unchanged in diabetic renal cortex, suggesting that the two enzymes are regulated independently in this tissue.
(14) The ornithine-containing lipid was characteristic of the genus Bordetella and its main structure was 3-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid amide-linked to ornithine and esterified to the second hexadecanoic acid.
(15) The main fatty acids of ceramide aminoethylphosphonates were hexadecanoic acid (77-90%) and 2-hydroxy hexadecanoic acid (13-15%).
(16) The internal standard hexadecyl hexadecanoate (cetyl palmitate) was substituted for the dotriacontane used in the AOAC method, and some other minor changes were made.
(17) The major fatty acids were most often hexadecenoic, hexadecanoic and octadecenoic acids.
(18) The products of [U-14C]hexadecanoate oxidation by rat skeletal muscle mitochondrial fractions were analysed by h.p.l.c.
(19) While cholesterol and the free fatty acid formed a eutectic mixture, such an interaction did not occur upon mixing of cholesterol sulfate with hexadecanoic acid.
(20) Sixteen patients with a variety of cardiomyopathies and myopathies that involve cardiac muscle and ten volunteers were imaged in the postabsorptive state in a 40 degrees LAO projection after a standard dose of omega-123I-hexadecanoic acid.
Palmitic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62ยก C.
Example Sentences:
(1) The onset of vitamin A deficiency had no effect on oviduct growth in these chicks; even though vitamin A-deficient chicks showed a severe decline in growth rate while controls (fed the same diet supplemented with retinyl palmitate) continued to grow, estrogen stimulated resulted in similar oviduct size.
(2) Growth of C. albicans in the presence of AGE affected the yeast lipid in a number of ways: the total lipid content was decreased; garlic-grown yeasts had a higher level of phosphatidylserines and a lower level of phosphatidylcholines; in addition to free sterols and sterol esters, C. albicans accumulated esterified steryl glycosides; the concentration of palmitic acid (16:0) and oleic acid (18:1) increased and that of linoleic acid (18:2) and linolenic acid (18:3) decreased.
(3) In hearts containing normal levels of CoA, oxidative rates (measured as 14CO2 production) of [14C]arachidonic acid were significantly lower than those of [14C]palmitic acid, whereas a significantly greater incorporation of [14C]arachidonic acid into myocardial neutral lipids (comprised predominantly of triacylglycerols) was seen when compared to hearts perfused with [14C]palmitic acid.
(4) The acylation of salivary mucin with fatty acids and its biosynthesis was investigated by incubating rat submandibular salivary gland cells with [3H]palmitic acid and [3H]proline.
(5) Enoximone, milrinone, and dipyridamole, at a concentration of 250 microM, stimulated palmitate oxidation by 78%, 40%, and 43%, respectively.
(6) The changes of fatty acid composition in guinea pigs and mice were marked, the increases of palmitate and palmitolate and the decreases of polyunsaturated fatty acid were especially characteristic.
(7) However, since the Krafft point of lincomycin palmitate is approximately 43 degrees, it does not form micelles below that temperature and appears to be quite insoluble until heated above 43 degrees.
(8) The protein showed optimal binding activity at pH 7.5 and 37 degrees C. The apparent Kd for palmitic acid was 0.79 microM.
(9) CO2 production from and uptake of alpha-glyceryl mono (palmitate-1-14C) were studied in an in vitro system using minced rat lung.
(10) After challenge with P. hemolytica, the levels of plasma arachidonic, oleic, and palmitic acids, together with PGE and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, were elevated markedly, in association with clinical signs of bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis.
(11) By the fourth injection, arachidonic acid had fallen 48% below control and was accompanied by reciprocal increases of more saturated fatty acids including linoleic (18:2), oleic (18:1) and palmitic (16:0) acids.
(12) Differences in the rate of hydrolysis appeared to be related to the structure and the triacylglycerols from lard and human milk, both of which have palmitic acid esterified in the sn-2 position, were hydrolysed most rapidly.
(13) Compared to the group of controls, the group treated with Bromhexine metabolit VIII, as well as to the group treated with Betamethason, significantly higher values with regard to the content of total phospholipids, lecithine and palmitic acid could be found in the fetal rat lungs.
(14) In the case of mitochondria, we detected no difference between the deficient rats and the controls with linoleats; however, there was an increase in the oxidation of palmitate in the deficient rats as compared to the controls.
(15) Acylation of viral proteins with oleic or palmitic acid was not detected.
(16) Palmitate oxidation was also assayed in intact cultured cells (myotubes).
(17) Experiments using polyethylene glycol palmitate indicate that the ligand-binding transition is associated with a reduction of the hydrophobic characteristics of the receptor.
(18) These results indicated that oxidation of palmitate by the in vivo and in vitro grown M. lepraemurium is mediated through the respiratory chain using oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor.
(19) At a given plasma concentration the entry rate of palmitic acid in pregnant sheep was greater than that of stearic acid in non-pregnant sheep.
(20) The depression of cellular division and the stimulation of palmitic acid uptake with coicident appearance of lamellar bodies in cultures exposed to prednisolone supports the hypothesis that control of the differentiation of alveolar epithelium with synthesis of phospholipid surfactant, is a function of the adrenal cortex.