Oleic Acid

"Oleic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An unsaturated fatty acid that is the most widely distributed and abundant fatty acid in nature. It is used commercially in the preparation of oleates and lotions, and as a pharmaceutical solvent. (Stedman, 26th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oleic Acid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oleic Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1994 and 1998 and 2001 and 2016
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