Melissic acid is a saturated fatty acid

Saturated fat

Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids have no double bonds between the individual carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain. That is, the chain of carbon atoms is fully "saturated" with hydrogen atoms...

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History

Melissic acid was named as such because Melissa is derived from a Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

word meaning bee, owing to the abundance of nectar in the flowers which attracts bees.

Synthesis

n-Triacontanoic acid was synthesized by Bleyberg and Ulrich (1931) and by Mrs. Robinson.

Self-assembly

Triacontanoic acid and triacontanamide (CH₃(CH2)₂₈-CONHI) can be self-assembled.

External links

• Melissic acid at the Nature Lipidomics Gateway