(A) This is the structure of stearic acid, an 18-carbon saturated fatty acid. The normal numbering system, starting with the carboxylic acid, is shown in blue. The carbons and oxygens of the ...

In a recent column on seed oils, I concluded that we need to continue to follow the research and that it pays to keep up with ...

Also, 40% of the saturated fat in cashews comes from stearic acid, and a 2005 meta-analysis in Lipids found that stearic acid ...

BRUMMAGE 1 has recently questioned my conclusions 2 on the structure of molecular films of stearic acid on copper. The criticism was based mainly on the observation that almost all long-chain ...

However, according to the Mayo Clinic, stearic acid, a specific type of saturated fat found in beef tallow, may not raise ...