ste·a·rin

(stē'ă-rin),

Tristearoylglycerol; the triacylglycerol of stearic acid present in solid animal fats and in some vegetable fats; source of stearic acid; commercial stearin also contains some palmitic acid.

Synonym(s): tristearin

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Consumption of tristearin ranged from 40%, for lipases L9 and PS, to 60% when the scientists used a catalyst.

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For example, the triacylglycerol response factor for tristearin was 1, while that of dioleoylpalmitoylglycerol was 1.9403.

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In 1854, Berthelot reacted glycerine with stearic acid and obtained tristearin which proved to be identical to the triglyceride present in natural fats [7].

Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot: an illustrious pioneering French chemist

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