palmitic acid

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q209727
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palmitic acid

Summary

palmitic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • palmitic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • palmitic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Palmitinsäure Skelett.svg[4].
  • palmitic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Palmitic acid.svg[5].
  • palmitic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4612847-5[6].
  • palmitic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 57-10-3[7].
  • palmitic acid's EC number is recorded as 200-312-9[8].
  • palmitic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O[9].
  • palmitic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)[10].
  • palmitic acid's InChIKey is recorded as IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N[11].
  • palmitic acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85097244[12].
  • palmitic acid's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12482965b[13].
  • palmitic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₆H₃₂O₂[14].
  • palmitic acid's subclass of is recorded as straight chain fatty acids[15].
  • palmitic acid's subclass of is recorded as long chain fatty acid[16].
  • palmitic acid's subclass of is recorded as saturated fatty acid[17].
  • palmitic acid's part of is recorded as palmitic acid metabolic process[18].
  • palmitic acid's part of is recorded as palmitic acid catabolic process[19].
  • palmitic acid's part of is recorded as palmitic acid biosynthetic process[20].
  • palmitic acid's Commons category is recorded as Palmitic acid[21].
  • palmitic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D019308[22].
  • palmitic acid's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32778[23].
  • palmitic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[24].
  • palmitic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[25].
  • palmitic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL82293[26].
  • palmitic acid's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 1055[27].

Why It Matters

palmitic acid ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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