Palmitin Definition

pălmĭ-tĭn, päl-, pämĭ-
noun
A colorless crystalline compound, C51H98O6, found in palm oil and many other fats: it is the glyceryl ester of palmitic acid.
Webster's New World

Origin of Palmitin

  • French palmitine perhaps from palmite pith of the palm tree from Portuguese palmito diminutive of palma palm from Latin palma palm2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Palmitin Sentence Examples

  • But in this case the fatty acid unites with the alkali into its potash or soda salt, forming a soap C3H5(C16H3102)3+3NaOH =3NaC16H3102+C,H5(OH) 3 Palmitin.

  • Of the natural fats or glycerides contained in oils the most important in addition to palmitin are stearin and olein, and these it may be sufficient to regard as the principal fatty bodies concerned in soapmaking.

  • Cod-liver oil contains palmitin, stearin and other more complex glycerides; the "stearine" mentioned above, however, contains very little palmitin and stearin.

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