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2-Hydroxydecanoic Acid is used in the study of drug absorption by intestinal mucosal enhancement using decanoic acid and it’s derivatives. In the production of quorum sensing inhibitors in growing onion bulbs infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa E (HQ324110). Studies on part of carboxylic acid found in human blood.

ChEBI: 2-hydroxydecanoic acid is a medium-chain fatty acid that is decanoic acid substituted at position 2 by a hydroxy group. It is a 2-hydroxy fatty acid and a medium-chain fatty acid. It is functionally related to a decanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-hydroxydecanoate.