Chemical Properties
white shiny fluffy or crystalline powder
Uses
Hexacosanoic acid may be used as a reference standard for the determination of hexacosanoic acid
- in human serum and plasma samples for the screening of peroxisomal disorders by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) operating under selected-ion monitoring (SIM) mode
- in biological samples by GC-MS
- in microalgal lipids by solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by GC-MS analysis
- as a naphthoxyethyl derivative by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorometric detection
Definition
ChEBI: A 26-carbon, straight-chain, saturated fatty acid.
General Description
Hexacosanoic acid is classified under the very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) group of biologically important compounds.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from EtOH, aqueous EtOH and pet ether/Me2CO. [Beilstein 2 IV 1310.]