Nisinic acid

Nisinic acid (CAS 68378-49-4) is a very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid with six double bonds across a 24-carbon backbone.

Where is Nisinic acid used?

• Nutritional and pharmaceutical work: specialty fatty acid profiles
• Food and supplement development: minor but analytically significant component
• Pharmaceutical research: lipid-based formulations where highly unsaturated C24 fatty acids contribute to biochemical targeting
• Animal feed and aquaculture: trace constituent of fish oil and algal oil ingredients
• QA teams reference it when validating the complete lipid composition of raw material certificates.

Good to know: Full fatty acid profiling is required for quality and regulatory compliance. Supply is mainly research-grade or reference standard material, not bulk commercial.

Commercial specifications

• Research-grade or reference standard
• Neat liquid or dissolved in organic solvent at defined concentrations
• Milligram-to-gram quantities
• Bulk commercial availability restricted; sourcing through specialty lipid chemistry suppliers