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Meaning of palmitoleate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any salt or ester of palmitoleic acid.

Examples

“The endogenous conversion of palmitate into palmitoleate and of stearate into oleate is catalyzed by Δ9 stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), a lipogenic enzyme highly sensitive to global energetic homeostasis.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

palmitoleic acid palmitolein palmitoleoyl palmitome palmitone palmitostearate