Application Notes:
This product is a high purity methyl ester fatty acid and is ideal as a gas chromatography standard. This odd numbered longchain
fatty acid is unusual in most biological systems and is therefore often useful as an internal standard.1 This fatty acid is
used by insects as a pheromone such as in the secretions of some termites2. It is found in very small amounts in some cooking
fats and oils3 and in trace amounts in milk4. It exhibits inhibitory effects on fibrinolysis and plasmin activity and it has been
reported to have biological functions as an anti-tumor agent and the ability to inhibit IL-12 production.
References:
1. R. Kulmacz and W. Lands “Stoichiometry and Kinetics of the Interaction of Prostaglandin H Synthase with Anti-inflammatory Agents” Journal of
Biological Chemistry, Vol. 260(23) pp. 12572-12578, 1985
2. M. Blum et al. “Biochemistry of termite defenses: Coptotermes,Rhinotermes and Cornitermes species” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B:
Comparative Biochemistry, Vol. 71(4) pp. 731-733, 1982
3. A. Carelli A. Cert “Comparative study of the determination of triacylglycerol in vegetable oils using chromatographic techniques” Journal of
Chromatography A, Vol. 630(1-2) pp. 213-222, 1993
4. G. Garton “The Composition and Biosynthesis of Milk Lipids” Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 4(3) pp. 237-254, 1963