tuberculostearic acid

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What does tuberculostearic acid mean?

A saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.

Where does tuberculostearic acid come from?

From the name of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from which it was first isolated in 1927, and stearic acid.

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