Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palmitoleate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palmi-toleate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of palmitoleic acid.

Example Sentences

"The endogenous conversion of palmitate into palmitoleate and of stearate into oleate is catalyzed by Δ9 stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), a lipogenic enzyme highly sensitive to global energetic homeostasis."

Etymology

From palmitoleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

palmitoleates (plural)

Questions

What does palmitoleate mean?: Any salt or ester of palmitoleic acid.
Where does palmitoleate come from?: From palmitoleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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