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lauric acid
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lauric acid /lau·ric ac·id/ (-rik) a twelve-carbon saturated fatty acid found in many vegetable fats, particularly coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
lau·ric acid (lôrk)
n.
A fatty acid occurring in laurel, coconut, and palm oils.


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aureus infection, especially those free fatty acids derived from hydrolysis of sebaceous triglycerides, for example sapienic and lauric acids.
Examples of saturated fatty acids are stearic, myristic and lauric acids.
 
 
 
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