myristic, a. Chem.
(maɪ-, mɪˈrɪstɪk)
[f. med.L. (nux) myristica (Diefenbach), adopted by Linnæus as the generic name of the nutmeg-tree, f. Gr. µυρίζειν to anoint.]
myristic acid: a fatty acid found in nutmeg-oil and other vegetable and animal fats. Hence myˈristate, a salt of myristic acid.
| 1848 Brande Man. Chem. 1263 Nutmeg butter consists of three fatty substances, two of which are soluble, but the third nearly insoluble in common alcohol; this latter has been termed Myristine; when purified..it may be rendered nearly colorless and inodorous, and is then a compound of glycerine with myristic acid. Ibid., Myristate of potassa,..Myristate of baryta. 1868 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 10) 730 Myristic Acid..occurs as a glyceride in Nutmeg-butter and Otoba fat. Ibid. 731 The myristates of the alkali-metals..are soluble in water. |
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myˈristicene, the terpene obtained from volatile oil of nutmeg.
myˈristicin: see
quots. myˈristicol, an oxygenated oil forming the chief constitutent of volatile oil of nutmeg.
myˈristin, the glyceride of myristic acid.
myˈristone, a crystalline substance obtained by the distillation of calcium myristate.
| 1872 J. H. Gladstone in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. Ser. ii. X. 3 I would suggest the following:—Hydrocarbon from Nutmeg *Myristicene. |
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 908 The oil of mace, lets fall, after a certain time, a concrete oil under the form of a crystalline crust, called by John *myristicine. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 464 Oil of Nutmeg contains..several fatty acids in combination with glycerin, the most considerable of which is myristicin. |
| 1872 J. H. Gladstone in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. Ser. ii. X. 11 *Myristicol. 1848 *Myristine [see myristic]. 1868 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 10) 731 Myristin..is obtained by pressing nutmegs between hot plates. |
| 1854 R. D. Thomson Cycl. Chem., *Myristone. |