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⚗️ Ingredient

Cetylic acid

Open on HERB 2.0 ↗

Clinical Trials

Meta-Analyses

PubMed References

Top Conditions Studied with Cetylic acid

Healthy|Obesity 1 Cardiometabolic Health 1

📋 Sample Trials

NCT01066091

Postprandial Inflammatory Response in Healthy Men: Effect of Dietary Fat Source, Obesity and Age

Completed

NCT04418102

The InterSat Study

Completed

📊 Sample Meta-Analyses

None linked yet.

📚 Sample References

PMID 32849631

Palmitic Acid Promotes Virus Replication in Fish Cell by Modulating Autophagy Flux and TBK1-IRF3/7 Pathway

Front Immunol · 2020

PMID 34072916

Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Auranofin on Palmitic Acid and LPS-Induced Inflammatory Response by Modulating TLR4 and NOX4-Mediated NF-κB Signaling Pathway in RAW264.7 Macrophages

Int J Mol Sci · 2021

PMID 34281182

Molecular Mechanisms of Palmitic Acid Augmentation in COVID-19 Pathologies

Int J Mol Sci · 2021

⚗️ All Ingredient data fields for Cetylic acid

⚗️ Identity

Name

Cetylic acid

Aliases / Synonyms

palmitic acid; Hexadecanoic acid; 57-10-3; palmitate; n-Hexadecanoic acid; Hexadecylic acid; 1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid; Hydrofol; n-Hexadecoic acid

🧪 Chemistry

Molecular Weight

256.4300

LogP

5.5523

Drug-likeness

0.413

Oral Bioavailability

12.4860

H-Bond Acceptors

H-Bond Donors

Rotatable Bonds

🔬 Structures

Canonical SMILES

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Isomeric SMILES

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

InChIKey

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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)

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HBIN020174 ↗

PubChem CID

985 ↗

CAS Number

21096 ↗

NPASS

NPC216630

HIT

C0285

TCMID

36040; 33966; 33883; 25094; 24297; 25372; 16661; 33863; 35568

TCMSP

MOL011154

TCM-ID

2069

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (33 fields)

name

Cetylic acid

common names

palmitic acid; Hexadecanoic acid; 57-10-3; palmitate; n-Hexadecanoic acid; Hexadecylic acid; 1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid; Hydrofol; n-Hexadecoic acid

herb ingredient id

HBIN020174

canonical smiles

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

isomeric smiles

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

inchi

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)

inchikey

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mol wt

256.4300

num h acceptors

num h donors

mol logp

5.5523

num rotatable bonds

drug likeness

0.413

ob score

12.4860

cas id

21096

tcmid ingredient id

36040; 33966; 33883; 25094; 24297; 25372; 16661; 33863; 35568

tcmsp ingredient id

MOL011154

tcm id ingredient id

2069

pubchem cid

985

npass id

NPC216630

hit id

C0285

📋 Clinical Trials

2 · subject of clinical study

NCT01066091 Postprandial Inflammatory Response in Healthy Men: Effect of Dietary Fat Source,

→ Healthy|Obesity

NCT04418102 The InterSat Study

→ Cardiometabolic Health

📚 PubMed References

11 · cited research

PMID 32849631 Palmitic Acid Promotes Virus Replication in Fish Cell by Modulating Autophagy Fl

Front Immunol

PMID 34072916 Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Auranofin on Palmitic Acid and LPS-Induced Inflammat

Int J Mol Sci

PMID 34281182 Molecular Mechanisms of Palmitic Acid Augmentation in COVID-19 Pathologies

Int J Mol Sci

PMID 34619135 Chronic Exposure to Palmitic Acid Down-Regulates AKT in Beta-Cells through Activ

Am J Pathol

PMID 34653428 Palmitic acid inhibits prostate cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by supp

Life Sci

PMID 35319901 Free fatty acid treatment of mouse preimplantation embryos demonstrates contrast

Am J Physiol Cell Physiol

PMID 35401162 Palmitic Acid, A Critical Metabolite, Aggravates Cellular Senescence Through Rea

Front Pharmacol

PMID 35803125 Protein palmitoylation-mediated palmitic acid sensing causes blood-testis barrie

Redox Biol

PMID 36009056 Palmitic Acid Impedes Extravillous Trophoblast Activity by Increasing MRP1 Expre

Biomolecules

PMID 36302463 Palmitic acid induces nDNA release to cytosol and promotes microglial M1 polariz

Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res

PMID 36422271 Palmitic Acid Promotes Lung Metastasis of Melanomas via the TLR4/TRIF-Peli1-pNF-

Metabolites

How relationships are computed

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