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Malvalic Acid and its Structure

Nature volume 179, pages 830–831 (1957)Cite this article

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SOME of the properties of a biologically active C18 fatty acid isolated from Malva verticillata and M. parviflora have been reported1. The name ‘malvalic’ acid is now proposed for this acid, which was previously referred to as “Halphen acid” because it gave rise to the Halphen colour test.

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    J. J. MACFARLANE, F. S. SHENSTONE & J. R. VICKERY

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MACFARLANE, J., SHENSTONE, F. & VICKERY, J. Malvalic Acid and its Structure. Nature 179, 830–831 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179830a0

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