Because it is inexpensive and adds texture and " mouth feel " to processed foods ( convenience food ), palmitic acid and its sodium salt find wide use in foodstuffs.
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"' Palmitoylation "'is the covalent attachment of fatty acids, such as palmitic acid, to cysteine and less frequently to serine and threonine residues of proteins, which are typically membrane proteins.
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For example, the addition and removal of the fatty acid palmitic acid to cysteine residues in some signaling proteins causes the proteins to attach and then detach from cell membranes.
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Its major component fatty acids are oleic acid ( 46.8 % as olein ), linoleic acid ( 33.4 % as linolein ), and palmitic acid ( 10.0 % as palmitin ).
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Palm kernel oil, palm oil, and coconut oil are three of the few highly saturated vegetable fats; these oils give the name to the 16-carbon saturated fatty acid palmitic acid that they contain.
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The CSPI also reported that the World Health Organization and the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have encouraged consumers to limit the consumption of palmitic acid and foods high in saturated fat.
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The original sunflower oil ( linoleic sunflower oil ) is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids ( about 68 % linoleic acid ) and low in saturated fats, such as palmitic acid and stearic acid.
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While the unsaturated and short chain saturated free fatty acids are well absorbed regardless of their position, the absorption of free long chain saturated fatty acids, i . e . palmitic acid and longer, is relatively low.
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It consists mainly of oleic acid ( up to 83 % ), with smaller amounts of other fatty acids including linoleic acid ( up to 21 % ) and palmitic acid ( up to 20 % ).
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According to studies reported on by the Center for Science in the Public Interest ( CSPI ), excessive intake of palmitic acid, which makes up 44 percent of palm oil, increases blood cholesterol levels and may contribute to heart disease.
