apic acid

English

Etymology

From Latin apis (“bee”) (with English adjectival suffix -ic) English acid.

Noun

apic acid (plural apic acids)

1. An esterified 14C-labeled fatty acid found in bee venom.
   • 2008, John Galsworthy, End of the Chapter: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 362:

     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.

   • 1985, George Tom Shires, Principles of Trauma Care, McGraw-Hill Companies:

     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].

   • 2003, Y. H. Hui, Sue Ghazala, Dee M. Graham, K.D. Murrell, Wai-Kit Nip, Handbook of Vegetable Preservation and Processing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 446:

     In addition, anise contains about 18% fat, the fatty acid composition being apic acid (60%), oleic acid (22%), linoleic acid (14%), ...