Erucic acid

Erucic acid is a fatty acid found in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed, making up 40 to 50 percent of their oil. Image File history File links Erucic acid created with ChemDraw Ultra 7. ... Image File history File links Erucic acid created with ChemDraw Ultra 7. ... In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid (or organic acid), often with a long aliphatic tail (long chains), either saturated or unsaturated. ... Binomial name Brassica napus L. Rapeseed Brassica napus, also known as Rape, Oilseed Rape, Rapa, Rapaseed and (one particular cultivar) Canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae. ... Species Erysimum ammophilum Erysimum angustatum Erysimum arenicola Erysimum capitatum Erysimum cheiranthoides Erysimum cheiri Erysimum durum Erysimum franciscanum Erysimum hieracilifolium Erysimum inconspicuum Erysimum insulare Erysimum menziesii Erysimum occidentale Erysimum odoratum Erysimum pallasii Erysimum perofskianum Erysimum repandum Erysimum scoparium Erysimum teretifolium The genus Erysimum includes the wallflowers, which include both popular garden... Mustard seeds are small, about 1mm in diameter. ...

Erucic acid is also known as cis-13-Docosenoic acid. Its structural chemical formula is CH₃(CH₂)₇CH=CH(CH₂)₁₁COOH, the trans isomer is known as brassidic acid. Trans is a Latin word meaning on the opposite side and is the opposite of cis, which means on the same side. In chemistry, a bond not subject to free rotation in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond is called trans. ... In chemistry, isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula and often with the same kinds of bonds between atoms, but in which the atoms are arranged differently. ...

Canola is a special variety of rapeseed oil that contains between .5% and 1% erucic acid, or less. Alberta Canola field near Red Deer, Alberta In agriculture, Canola is a cultivar of the rapeseed plant from which rapeseed oil is obtained. ...

Erucic acid is used to produce emollients, surfactants, and other chemicals. Erucic has been shown to have a variety of health impacts in studies. It is used in Lorenzo's oil. Emollients soften skin (and moisturisers add moisture). ... Surfactants, also known as wetting agents, lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and the interfacial tension between two liquids. ... Lorenzos Oil is a 1992 dramatic film directed by George Miller. ...