Olein


[oh-lee-in] /ˈoʊ li ɪn/

noun, Chemistry.
1.
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 7 H 1 0 4 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
2.
the oily or lower-melting fractions of a fat as distinguished from the solid or higher-melting constituents.
/ˈəʊlɪɪn/
noun
1.
another name for triolein

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