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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:05:34 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 22:41:37 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB002894</accession>
  <name>Tricosanoic acid</name>
  <description>Constituent of Citrus bergamia (bergamot orange) oil

Tricosanoic acid is found in different plant oils and extracts such as the Brazilian peppertree, but it can also be produced in the human body. It has shown to be a hair growth stimulant.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>1-Tricosanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>22FA</synonym>
    <synonym>F23</synonym>
    <synonym>N-tricosanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>N-tricosanoic</synonym>
    <synonym>N-tricosanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Tricosanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Tricosanoic acid (6CI,7CI,8CI,9CI)</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C23H46O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>354.6101</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>354.349780716</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>tricosanoic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>tricosanoic acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>2433-96-7</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O</smiles>
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  <inchikey>XEZVDURJDFGERA-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms.</description>
    <direct_parent>Very long-chain fatty acids</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Lipids and lipid-like molecules</super_class>
    <class>Fatty Acyls</class>
    <sub_class>Fatty acids and conjugates</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic acyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Straight chain fatty acids</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Straight chain fatty acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Very long-chain fatty acid</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>Straight chain fatty acids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>straight-chain saturated fatty acid</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>very long-chain fatty acid</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state>Solid</state>
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    </property>
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      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>2.57e-05 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <value>Mp 79.1°</value>
    </property>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C23H46O2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>21</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>donor_count</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <chebi_id>42394</chebi_id>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id>F23</het_id>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
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    <reference>#&lt;Reference:0x000055ce32cb3198&gt;</reference>
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      <name>Anatidae</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
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      <name_scientific>Anatidae</name_scientific>
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      <name>Beefalo</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
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      <name_scientific>Bos taurus X Bison bison</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>297284</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
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      <name>Bison</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Bison bison</name_scientific>
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      <name>Buffalo</name>
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      <name_scientific>Bubalus bubalis</name_scientific>
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      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
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      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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