Methyl cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoate

cis-9,10-Methyleneoctadecanoic acid methyl ester is a cyclopropane fatty acid methyl ester.¹ It stimulates DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes. cis-9,10-Methyleneoctadecanoic acid methyl ester has been used as a standard for the quantification of cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid in bacterial membranes by co-chromatography.²

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2. Montgomerie, J.Z., Kalmanson, G.M., and Guze, L.B. Fatty acid composition of membranes of L-forms of Streptococcus faecalis and Proteus mirabilis cultured at different osmolalities Curr. Microbiol. 6(5),301-303(1981).