Palmitic acid, formally hexadecanoic acid, is a long-chain saturated fatty acid. It exists in nature primarily as a triglyceride and other esters. The most common natural fatty acid, it is abundant in ...

In a collaborative effort, researchers have uncovered a novel link between gut microbiota-derived palmitic acid (PA) and increased thrombosis risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Their findings, ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that palmitic acid, one of the most common fats in human milk, meats and dairy products, is made by the liver and sent to the developing brain when ...

Researchers at IRB Barcelona publish in the journal Nature the mechanism by which dietary palmitic acid (and not oleic or linoleic acid) favours tumour expansion. Tumour cells temporarily exposed to a ...

In a collaborative research effort, Prof. LAI Ren from the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Prof. NI Heyu from the University of Toronto, has uncovered a ...

A new study headed by researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) has uncovered how palmitic acid (PA)—a fatty acid commonly found in palm oil—alters the cancer genome, increasing ...

A new study, published in the journal Nature, has found a key fatty acid found in palm oil can promote cancer metastasis in mice. The research, which does not claim dietary palm oil has cancer-causing ...

New research has identified a link between the spread of mouth and skin cancer in mice and the consumption of palmitic acid. Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil on the planet, used as a raw ...

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