Myristic Acid

Category: lipid

Aliases: C14:0, Tetradecanoic acid

Pharmacological Mechanism

C14:0 saturated fatty acid abundant in dairy fat, coconut and palm oil. Per gram the most potent LDL-cholesterol-raising saturated fat; also the substrate for protein N-myristoylation, a co-translational lipid modification governing membrane targeting of signalling proteins.

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