Palmitin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palmitin \Pal"mi*tin\, n. [So called because abundant in palm
     oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and
     in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the
     fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with
     olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of


     palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united
     to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically
     called {tripalmitin}, or {glyceryl tripalmitate}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palmitin
       n : an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid