Skip to Content
Merck
CN

P0500

Palmitic acid

≥99%

Synonym(s):

1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid, C16:0, Cetylic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, NSC 5030, PamOH

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size

About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)14COOH
CAS Number:
57-10-3
Molecular Weight:
256.42
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24898107
EC Number:
200-312-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
607489
MDL number:
MFCD00002747

Key Documents

View All Documentation
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

Product Name

Palmitic acid, ≥99%

InChI key

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

powder

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... FABP2(2169), FABP3(2170), FABP4(2167), FABP5(2171)

concentration

≥99%

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 0,00005 g/L at 20 °C

density

0.852 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

saturated FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Related Categories

Application

Palmitic acid has been used:
  • to study its effects on monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression in adipocytes and THP-1 macrophages
  • to stimulate lipotoxicity in primary rat hepatocytes
  • in Et-bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution along with retinoic acid (RA) and retinol to study its effects on spermatogenesis or meiotic progression

General description

Palmitic acid (PA), a saturated fatty acid present in the human body, accounts for 20-30% of total fatty acids (FA) in membrane phospholipids (PL) and adipose triacylglycerols (TAG). It is one of the main components of palm oil however, significant amounts of PA are also found in meat and dairy products, cocoa butter, and olive oil. PA is also present in breast milk. PA performs various fundamental biological functions at cellular and tissue levels.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

235.4 °F

flash_point_c

113 °C

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
0000500086
0000500086
0000513524
0000513524
0000513507

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Songtao Li et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1841(1), 22-33 (2013-09-24)
Saturated fatty acids (SFAs) induce hepatocyte cell death, wherein oxidative stress is mechanistically involved. Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) is a master transcriptional regulator of cellular antioxidant defense enzymes. Therefore, Nrf2 activation is regarded as an effective strategy against
Jorge Matias Caviglia et al.
Journal of lipid research, 52(9), 1636-1651 (2011-07-02)
Although short-term incubation of hepatocytes with oleic acid (OA) stimulates secretion of apolipoprotein B100 (apoB100), exposure to higher doses of OA for longer periods inhibits secretion in association with induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Palmitic acid (PA) induces ER
K B Cullberg et al.
Nutrition & diabetes, 4, e113-e113 (2014-03-26)
High levels of free fatty acids (FFA) have been suggested to be one of the underlying mechanisms for adipose tissue (AT) inflammation and dysfunction in obesity. Human AT produces several adipokines including monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), which are involved in
Chen Shen et al.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 22(7), 3572-3581 (2018-04-20)
Lipotoxicity induced by saturated fatty acids (SFAs) plays a pathological role in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, the exact mechanism(s) remain to be clearly elucidated. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 plays a fundamental role in activating the
B Vessby et al.
Diabetologia, 37(10), 1044-1050 (1994-10-01)
Recent data indicate that peripheral insulin sensitivity may be influenced by dietary fat quality and skeletal muscle phospholipid fatty acid composition. During a health survey of 70-year-old men insulin sensitivity was measured by the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp technique and the
View All Related Papers

Articles

Palmitic Acid in Cell Culture

How palmitic acid, other fatty acids and other cell culture components affect the performance of serum-free, protein-free cell culture systems used for biomanufacturing heterologous proteins including monoclonal antibodies.

Stearic Acid in Cell Culture

Supplement cell culture systems with fatty acids for biomanufacturing heterologous proteins like monoclonal antibodies.

棕榈酸在细胞培养中的应用

棕榈酸等脂肪酸和其他细胞培养成分如何影响无血清、无蛋白细胞培养系统（用于生物制造包括单克隆抗体在内的异源蛋白）的性能。

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service