Description
Myristic acid is a saturated fatty acid commonly found in animal and vegetable fats that is frequently used in cosmetics, soaps, perfumes, and flavorings. It increases low density lipoprotein cholesterol making it one of the most hypercholesterolemic of the saturated fatty acids.
1 Myristic acid ethyl ester is a more hydrophobic form of the free acid. It is a marker of excessive ethanol consumption that can be isolated from the hair of an individual.
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Occurrence
Reported found in apricot, grape, pear, capsicum, beef, beer, rum, tea, guava, Vitis vinifera, ginger, Gruyere
cheese, blue cheese, boiled mutton, cognac, whiskey, sparkling wine, cocoa, coconut meat, mango, corn oil, elderberry and mastic
gum leaf oil.
