Psyllic acid

Psyllic acid (also pysslostearic acid, tritriacontanoic acid or ceromelissic acid) is a saturated fatty acid.

Psyllic acid
Names
IUPAC name
Tritriacontanoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
Properties
C33H66O2
Molar mass 494.889 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Alkali salts

The alkali salts of psyllic acid are precipitated when alcoholic solutions of the acid and an alkali hydroxide are mixed. The silver and barium salts can be obtained by adding aqueous alcoholic solutions of silver nitrate and barium chloride to alcoholic solutions of the acid. The following salts have been analyzed: C33H65O2Na, C66H130O4Ba, and C33H65O2Ag. Psylla wax is hydrolyzed by alcoholic potassium hydroxide as well as by hydrobromic acid.[1][2]

Nutritional sources

Psyllic acid is present in Chinese wolfberries.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "Abstracts of Papers on Organic Chemistry". Journal of the Chemical Society. 94 (1): 123. 1908. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. Psylla Wax. IV. Psyllic Acid and its Salts. Ernst E. Sundvik (Zeitsch. physiol. Chem., 1908, 54, 255-257. Compare Abstr., 1898, i, 617; 1901, i, 358; 190, i, 887)
  3. Thomas S. C., Li (2008). Vegetables and Fruits: Nutritional and Therapeutic Values. CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4200-6871-9.
  4. Ram, Vishnu Ji (2001). "Herbal Preparations as a Source of Hepatoprotective Agents". Drug News & Perspectives. 14 (6): 353–63. PMID 12813598. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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