Erucic acid is a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid, denoted 22:1ω9. It has the chemical formula: CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)11CO2H. It is prevalent in wallflower...
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Rapeseed oil (section Erucic acid)
Historically, it was restricted as a food oil due to its content of erucic acid, which in laboratory studies was shown to be damaging to the cardiac...
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Mustard oil (section Erucic acid in canola oil)
restricted in some countries due to high levels of erucic acid. Varieties of mustard seed low in erucic acid have been cultivated. Mustard oil was likely produced...
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appreciable amounts of erucic acid. The term "canola" denotes a group of rapeseed cultivars that were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and which are...
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Number 5561-99-9. Erucic acid has 22 carbons, is found in rapeseed oil and mustard oil, and is a cis-13-monounsaturated is a fatty acid. C21H41CO2H, IUPAC...
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monounsaturated fats Erucic acid (22:1, n−9), which is found in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed. Rapeseed with high erucic acid content is grown...
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glycerol trierucate, which are the triacylglycerol forms of oleic acid and erucic acid. It is prepared from olive oil and rapeseed oil. It is used in the...
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oxidation of erucic acid, which is abundant in some seed oils. Pelargonic acid is the coproduct. In the industrial setting, brassylic acid is used to produce...
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elongation product of oleic acid (18:1 Δ9). Its immediate precursor is erucic acid. Nervonic acid is particularly abundant in the white matter of animal brains...
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a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have an unbranched...
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polyesters, polyurethane resins and synthetic rubber. Brassylic acid can be produced from erucic acid by ozonolysis, but also by microorganisms (Candida sp.)...
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oil from Brassica species. Food grade oil made from the seed of low-erucic acid Canadian-developed strains is also called canola oil, while non-food...
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acid (3.5–4.5%), oleic acid (16–20%), linoleic acid (35–38%), eicosenoic acid (3.5–5.5%), erucic acid (1.5–3.5%), and nervonic acid (1.5%). The oil is often...
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disappear. Jojoba oil also contains approximately 12.1% of the fatty acid erucic acid that would appear to have toxic effects on the heart at high enough...
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Lignoceric acid (C24) Cerotic acid (C26) Myristoleic acid Oleic acid Eicosenoic acids Erucic acid Nervonic acid Linoleic acid (LA) - an essential fatty acid α-Linolenic...
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such as rapeseed. Typically it contains 1–3% erucic acid but several Camelina Sativa varieties with erucic acid content of less than 1% have been introduced...
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family Brassicaceae. It is mainly cultivated due to the high levels of erucic acid that are contained in its seeds. The crambe oil is used for industrial...
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Seed oil misinformation (section Omega-6 fatty acids)
Lusas et al. 2017, p. 902: "Canola oil, which contains less than 2% erucic acid compared with 20-40% in earlier rapeseeds, was granted GRAS (generally...
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is not suitable for human consumption, primarily because of the high erucic acid content.[citation needed] "Fancor Meadowfoam Seed Oil" (PDF). "Meadowfoam"...
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of 55-60% erucic acid. The Australian Farm Diversification Information Service writes: Intermediate product derived from high erucic acid oil include:...
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4 O3 → HO2C(CH2)7CO2H} + CH3(CH2)7CO2H Erucic acid is a precursor to brassylic acid, a C13-dicarboxylic acid that is used to make specialty polyamides...
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Jennings, SS; Davis, S; Jaitly, R; Sgro, JA (November 1989). "Dietary erucic acid therapy for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy". Neurology. 39 (11): 1415–22...
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considered as a potential oil crop rather than a “noxious weed”. High erucic acid content (>300g per kg of its total seed oil DM) makes the oil from landraces...
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crop in Ethiopia, it has high levels of undesirable glucosinolates and erucic acid. The closely related Brassica napus (rapeseed) is considered a better...
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recycled cooking oil Products: biodiesel, glycerol, plant asphalt, erucic acid, erucic amide Targray, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada Feedstocks: recycled cooking...
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Research Council Canada (NRCC) personnel in the 1970s, containing a low-erucic acid content. Cheezies – a brand of cheese puff snack food made and sold in...
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with other nations has banned the sale of crude mustard oil due to its erucic acid content. The amount of mustard needed to create a mustard bath varies...
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diesel vehicles. In the mid-1970s, Canadian researchers developed a low-erucic-acid rapeseed cultivar. Because the word "rape" was not considered optimal...
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oil. The oil is particularly rich in long chain fatty acids, including erucic and nervonic acid, making it suitable for certain industrial purposes. Illipe...
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yellow or brown, smooth seeds. The seed oil contains a high level of erucic acid. Due to its highly efficient antioxidant system, it can withstand even...
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