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Examples - Aspartate, Butanoate, Glutamate, etc. There are also separate articles for Acetate/Acetic acid, Propionate/Propionic acid, etc. -- Boris 07:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC) It would be convenient to see the dissociated form of the organic acid(s) on the same page. [User: AliceAliciaWilliams]Reply
True, but there really is no need to separate the acid and its conjugate base. So long as it is clear and explicitly written that palmitate is the conjugate base of palmitic acid, there will be no confusion.
I made several changes:
"a saturated fatty acid found in processed meats, cheeses, dairy, particularly ice cream" (it had said a common fatty acid found in animals and plants)
"Because it is inexpensive and adds texture" (it had said "inexpensive and is benign"). Per the article below it is far from benign.
And I added the reference sentence that says:
"Another study showed that chronic exposure of pancreatic beta-cells to saturated non-esterified fatty acids can lead to inhibition of insulin secretion (insulin resistance) and apoptosis."
With a link to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20840078
Les Proctor 21:10, 5 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LesTP (talk • contribs)
What is the relation of Palmitic acid and the storage of fat in humans. I noticed
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I have been reading some of the wiki pages about fatty acids and I have found an inconsistency between this page and another wiki page. This page, which I am assuming for the time being is more accurate, states that palmitic acid is also known as hexadecanoic acid. There hence must be 16 carbons in the chain. However, on the wiki page for 'fatty acids' there is, about half way down the page, a figure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rasyslami.jpg) that shows 3-D chemical structures for several fatty acids. One of the fatty acids shown is 'palmitic acid'. However the structure shown there tagged as palmitic acid has only 8 carbons in the chain.
David —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.165.221.63 (talk) 21:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
1 Excess carbohydrates in the body are converted to palmitic acid. 2 According to the World Health Organization, evidence is "convincing" that consumption of palmitic acid increases risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, placing it in the same evidence category as trans fatty acids. (Reference is from 2003, please check new information !! )
For me it is VERY hard to believe something is as dangerous as trans-fats. Another point: While "Quote 1" is probably correct, it may be said excess carbohydrates are VERY dangerous, unless you have new information. ee1518 (talk) 10:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Reference 18, http://www.marksdailyapple.com/palmitic-acid-and-eating-speed/#axzz4622q0Ti6, is just some guy expressing an opinion. It needs to be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.220.253 (talk) 15:15, 14 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
From the lead: "most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms"
See here: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/965#section=Top (first sentence) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.56.115 (talk) 20:19, 18 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
I found another reference that might be useful: some studies have found that palmitic acid can promote metastasis of mouth and skin cancers. Jarble (talk) 14:48, 13 November 2021 (UTC)Reply