4653 Myristic acid Myristic acid is a saturated 14-carbon fatty acid occurring in most animal and vegetable fats, particularly butterfat and coconut, palm, and nutmeg oils. It is used to synthesize flavor and as an ingredient in soaps and cosmetics. (From Dorland, 28th ed). Myristic acid is also commonly added to a penultimate nitrogen terminus glycine in receptor-associated kinases to confer the membrane localisation of the enzyme. this is achieved by the myristic acid having a high enough hydrophobicity to become incorporated into the fatty acyl core of the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane of the eukaryotic cell.(wikipedia). 544-63-8 11005 C14H28O2 228.37 White powder. 53.9 °C 0.00107 mg/mL No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC). This is an endogenously produced metabolite found in the human body. It is used in metabolic reactions, catabolic reactions or waste generation. 2014-09-05T17:12:25Z 2026-04-17T17:40:34Z Myristic acid C06424 28875 DB08231 MYR true CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O C14H28O2 InChI=1S/C14H28O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14(15)16/h2-13H2,1H3,(H,15,16) TUNFSRHWOTWDNC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 228.3709 228.20893014 Endogenous Solid 6.11 HMDB00806 CHEMBL111077 10539 Greaves, W. S.; Linstead, R. P.; Shephard, B. R.; Thomas, S. L. S.; Weedon, B. C. L. Anodic syntheses. I. New syntheses of stearic, myristic, and other acids. Journal of the Chemical Society (1950), 3326-30. CHEM003559 DTXSID6021666 tetradecanoic acid