• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Myristic Acid
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Myristic Acid Tetradecanoic acid; C14H28O2 = 228.4 (544-63-8)

Colourless or white or almost white flakes.

Melting point, about 55°.

Myristic acid used in the assay of total fatty acids in Saw Palmetto Fruit complies with the following additional test.

Assay Examine by gas chromatography (2.2.28) as prescribed in the monograph on Saw palmetto fruit.

The content of myristic acid is not less than 97%, calculated by the normalisation procedure.