Description
3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid is a hydroxylated form of the 24-carbon saturated lignoceric acid. 3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid is found in minor amounts in Methyloligella, a novel Gram-negative bacteria. 3-hydroxy Lignoceric acid, in the form of an acyl-CoA metabolite, is an intermediate in fatty acid chain elongation from docosanoic acid to lignoceric acid (C24:0)