palmitin

American  

[pal-mi-tin, pahl-, pah-mi-] / ˈpæl mɪ tɪn, ˈpɑl-, ˈpɑ mɪ- /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.

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palmitin British  

/ ˈpælmɪtɪn /

noun

1. Also called: tripalmitin. the colourless glyceride of palmitic acid, occurring in many natural oils and fats. Formula: (C 15 H 31 COO) 3 C 3 H 5

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Etymology

Origin of palmitin

From the French word palmitine, dating back to 1855–60. See palm ², -ite ¹, -in ²

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Example Sentences

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palmitin

Lard and butter are higher in olein and palmitin and are consequently semi-solid, while suet and tallow, consisting chiefly of stearin, are much harder than the other food fats.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

Butter fat consists principally of olein, palmitin, and stearin.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

There are a great variety of vegetable oils, but the proximate constituents of most of them are chiefly stearin, margarin, olein, and palmitin.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

Vrij has extracted from the seeds a 33% oil of a bright yellow color, composed, according to Oudermans, of 84 parts olein to 16 of palmitin and stearin.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

It consists chiefly of stearin, palmitin and olein.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

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