apic acid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.71 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An esterified 14C-labeled fatty acid found in bee venom.
Example Sentences
- "He cocked his eye slightly: "She has rheumatism. Apic acid, they say, is the best cure." "Better make sure first," murmured Dinny, "that they'll sting her. You can't get bees to sting people they like." "You can always sit on them," murmured Fleur."
- "Bee venom, a good example of the complexity of an arthropod toxin, contains lipids, peptides, apamin, melittin, apic acid, sugars, free bases, amino acids, other proteins and enzymes, and a number of unidentified components [12]."
- "In addition, anise contains about 18% fat, the fatty acid composition being apic acid (60%), oleic acid (22%), linoleic acid (14%), ..."