4810 T3D4755 Stearic acid Stearic acid, also called octadecanoic acid, is one of the useful types of saturated fatty acids that comes from many animal and vegetable fats and oils. It is a waxy solid, and its chemical formula is CH3(CH2)16COOH. Its name comes from the Greek word stear, which means tallow. Its IUPAC name is octadecanoic acid. -- Wikipedia. 57-11-4 5281 C18H36O2 White powder. 68.8°C 383°C 0.597 mg/L (at 25°C) Acute oral toxicity (LD50): 4640 mg/kg [Rat]. Acute dermal toxicity (LD50): >5000 mg/kg [Rabbit]. No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC). This is an endogenously produced metabolite found in the human body. It is used in metabolic reactions, catabolic reactions or waste generation. 2014-09-11T05:15:01Z 2016-11-09T01:09:12Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearic acid C01530 28842 STEARIC_ACID DB03193 STE true CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O C18H36O2 InChI=1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20) QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 284.4772 284.271530396 Endogenous Solid 8.23 HMDB00827 CHEMBL46403 5091 <p>Arnold W. Fogel, &#8220;12-hydroxy stearic acid esters, compositions based upon same and methods of using and making such compositions.&#8221; U.S. Patent US5993861, issued July, 1998.</p> CHEM003712 octadecanoic acid