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Vernolic acid (leukotoxin B or isoleukotoxin) is a long
chain fatty acid that is
monounsaturated and
contains an epoxide. It is a cis
epoxide derived from...
- Like a few
other plants (such as some
species of Vernonia), it
contains vernolic acid, a
vegetable oil with
commercial applications. The
genus is named...
- protocatec****c acid, and
ellagic acid (alizarine yellow). A C20
homolog of
vernolic acid
named alchornoic acid can be
found in the seed oil. The
plant is cultivated...
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source of
vernonia oil,
which is rich in a
useful epoxy fatty acid
called vernolic acid and is used to make plastics,
rubbery coatings, and
drying agents...
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catalyze oxidation of LA to
epoxide products viz., its 12,13-epoxide,
vernolic acid, and its 9,10-epoxide,
coronaric acid.
These linoleic acid products...
- eudesmanolide, 3-oxo-5αH,8βH-eudesma-1,4(15),7(11)-trien-8,12-olide, can work with
vernolic acid and
other compounds in
plants to
reduce inflammation. Some plants...
- humans. However, sEH also
metabolizes the
epoxides of
linoleic acid viz.,
Vernolic acid (leukotoxins) and
Coronaric acids (isoleukotoxins) to
their corresponding...
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potentially very
toxic products,
coronaric acid (also
termed leukotoxin) and
vernolic acid (also
termed isoleukotoxin);
these linoleic acid
epoxides cause multiple...
- (also
termed EDPs); and 3)
linoleic acid to its
various epoxides, i.e.
vernolic acid (also
termed leukotoxin) and
coronaric acid (also
termed isoleukotoxin)...
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strains of
Vernonia have the
highest oil content, up to 41.9% with up to 80%
vernolic acid, and is used in
paint formulations,
coatings plasticizers, and as...
