Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from or related to nutmeg.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid (C14H28O2) found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.
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- adjective rare Pertaining to
nutmeg .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would be interested to see the reference demonstrating that insulin resistance is caused by myristic acid, which is a 14-carbon saturated fat found in many other foods besides dairy fat.
The low-carb movement needs your help | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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The fats that make up coconut oil are nearly 90% saturated 15% caprylic and capric, 45% lauric, 18% myristic, 10% palmitic, and just 8% monounsaturated oleic, which means that they raise blood cholesterol levels.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The fats that make up coconut oil are nearly 90% saturated 15% caprylic and capric, 45% lauric, 18% myristic, 10% palmitic, and just 8% monounsaturated oleic, which means that they raise blood cholesterol levels.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Such fatty acids are said to be saturated; the most common examples being lauric, myristic palmitic and stearic acids.
Chapter 3 1995
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Their seeds contain about 40 percent of an oil with a fatty acid composition (lauric, 20 percent; myristic, 55 percent; palmitic, 20 percent; oleic, 5 percent), which makes an excellent soap.
Chapter 7 1990
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Melting point, 35-45° C., usually 40-45° C.; free acidity, calculated as myristic acid, 50-80 per cent.; ester, calculated as combined myristic acid, 4-10 per cent.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The greater part of the product consists of the inodorous myristic acid, the chief odour-bearing constituent being irone.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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So, they set up a precise mixture of three myristic, palmitic, and palmitoleic acids and tested that by transfusing it into a fasting python.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
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Myristic acid, a saturated fatty acid having 14 carbons, plays an important roll in G-protein function as these signaling proteins require myristic acid added to one end of the protein.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Al, Ca, Mg, K or Na salts of myristic, palmitic or stearic acids
[Help] Most Recent Posts sadierules200 2010
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