(A) This is the structure of stearic acid, an 18-carbon saturated fatty acid. The normal numbering system, starting with the carboxylic acid, is shown in blue. The carbons and oxygens of the ...

BRUMMAGE 1 has recently questioned my conclusions 2 on the structure of molecular films of stearic acid on copper. The criticism was based mainly on the observation that almost all long-chain ...

Every animal and plant depends on these small intracellular structures. Mitochondria have ... flies whose cells were unable to produce stearic acid, a fatty acid that is composed of 18 carbon ...