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Palmitic Acid

"Palmitic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A common saturated fatty acid found in fats and waxes including olive oil, palm oil, and body lipids.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palmitic Acid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palmitic Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2006
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