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3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid is a hydroxylated form of the 24-carbon saturated lignoceric acid . 3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid is found in minor amounts in Methyloligella, a novel Gram-negative bacteria. 3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid, in the form of an acyl-CoA metabolite, is an intermediate in fatty acid chain elongation from docosanoic acid (C22:0; ) to lignoceric acid (C24:0).

ChEBI: 3-hydroxytetracosanoic acid is a 3-hydroxy fatty acid that is the 3-hydroxy derivative of tetracosanoic (lignoceric) acid. It is functionally related to a tetracosanoic acid.