ELAIDIC ACID

Description

Elaidic acid is the major trans fat found in hydrogenated vegetable oils and occurs in small amounts in caprine and bovine milk (very roughly 0.1% of the fatty acids) and some meats. It is the trans isomer of oleic acid. The name of the elaidinization reaction comes from elaidic acid.
Elaidic acid increases CETP activity, which in turn raises VLDL and lowers HDL cholesterol.

The Uses of ELAIDIC ACID

Elaidic acid is the 9-trans isomer of oleic acid. It is a monounsaturated trans-fatty acid which can be found in partially hydrogenated cooking oils. In human platelets incubated with arachidonic acid, elaidic acid inhibits HHT and HETE formation while inducing prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis.

The Uses of ELAIDIC ACID

Elaidic acid is the major trans fat found in hydrogenated vegetable oils. It increases CETP activity, which in turn raises VLDL and lowers HDL cholesterol.

What are the applications of Application

Elaidic Acid is a monounsaturated trans-fatty acid that inhibits HHT and HETE formation in platelets

Definition

ChEBI: A 9-octadecenoic acid and the trans-isomer of oleic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 32, p. 1840, 1984 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.32.1840
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 85, p. 622, 1963 DOI: 10.1021/ja00888a032

Purification Methods

Crystallise the acid from acetic acid, then EtOH. [Beilstein 2 IV 1647.]