FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: hexadecanoic acid
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General Information
Name
hexadecanoic acid
FlyBase ID
FBch0000013
ChEBI Name
hexadecanoic acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:15756
PubChem Name
Palmitic Acid
PubChem ID
CID:985
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of hexadecanoic acid
hexadecanoic acid
InChIKey

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Hexadecanoic acid is a straight-chain, sixteen-carbon, saturated long-chain fatty acid. It has a role as an EC 1.1.1.189 (prostaglandin-E2 9-reductase) inhibitor, a plant metabolite, a Daphnia magna metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a long-chain fatty acid and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a hexadecanoate.NCI Thesaurus (NCIt): Palmitic Acid is a saturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone. Palmitic acid is found naturally in palm oil and palm kernel oil, as well as in butter, cheese, milk and meat.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (35)
Synonyms
1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
1-hexyldecanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
1-pentadecanecarboxylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
16:00
(ChEBI, 2019-)
57-10-3
(PubChem, 2019-)
C16
(ChEBI, 2019-)
C16 fatty acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
C16:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
CH3-[CH2]14-COOH
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Cetylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
FA 16:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Hexadecanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Hexadecanoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
Hexadecylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Hexaectylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Hydrofol
(PubChem, 2019-)
PALMITIC ACID
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Palmitate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Palmitic acid
(Xu et al., 2021, ChEBI, 2019-, Dweck et al., 2015)
Palmitinic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Palmitinsaeure
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Pentadecanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
PubChem:985
(PubChem, 2019-)
cetylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
hexadecanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Chiang et al., 2016, Dweck et al., 2015)
hexadecoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
hexadecylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
hydrofol
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Hexadecanoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Hexadecoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-hexadecanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-hexadecoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
palmitate
(Fischer et al., 2023, PubChem, 2019-)
palmitic acid
(Castañeda-Partida et al., 2026, Giblin et al., 2025, Huang et al., 2024, Santos-Cruz et al., 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Sauvat et al., 2018, Bousquet et al., 2016, Chiang et al., 2016, Casanova et al., 2005)
pubchem:985
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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