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{{Short description|Monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid}}
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| Appearance = colorless oily liquid with lard-like odor
| MolarMass = 282.4614 g/mol
| Density = 0.895 g/mL
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'''Oleic acid''' is a ] that occurs naturally in various ] and ]. It is an odorless, colorless oil, although commercial samples may be yellowish due to the presence of impurities. In chemical terms, oleic acid is classified as a ] ], abbreviated with a ] of 18:1 ]-9, and a main product of ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nakamura |first1=Manabu T. |last2=Nara |first2=Takayuki Y. |date=2004 |title=Structure, function, and dietary regulation of Δ6, Δ5, and Δ9 desaturases |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.121803.063211 |journal=] |volume=24 |pages=345–376 |doi=10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.121803.063211 |pmid=15189125 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It has the formula {{chem2|CH3\s(CH2)7\sCH\dCH\s(CH2)7\sCOOH}}.<ref name=Ullmann />{{Page needed|date=February 2023}} The name derives from the Latin word '']'', which means oil.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bailey and Bailey |first=Dorothy and Kenneth |year=1929 |title=An Etymological Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy |journal=Nature |volume=124 |issue=3134 |pages=789–790 |bibcode=1929Natur.124..789V |doi=10.1038/124789b0|s2cid=4024133 }}</ref> It is the most common fatty acid in nature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/965#section=Top |title=9-Octadecenoic acid |date=14 July 2018 |publisher=PubChem, National Center for Biotechnology Information, US National Library of Medicine |access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> The salts and esters of oleic acid are called '''oleates'''. It is a common component of oils, and thus occurs in many types of food, as well as in soap.
'''Oleic acid''' is a ] ] ] found in various animal and vegetable fats. It has the formula CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>7</sub>CH=CH(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>7</sub>COOH.<ref name=Ullmann/> It is an odorless, colourless oil. The ] of oleic acid is called ] (hence the name ] for a reaction that switches ''cis'' isomers to ''trans'' isomers). The term "oleic" means related to, or derived from, ] or ].


==Occurrence== == Occurrence ==
Fatty acids (or their salts) often do not occur as such in biological systems. Instead fatty acids such as oleic acid occur as their ]s, commonly ]s, which are the greasy materials in many natural oils. Oleic acid is the most common monounsaturated fatty acid in nature. It is found in fats (triglycerides), the phospholipids that make membranes, ]s, and ]s.<ref name=Ntambi />
Triglyceride esters of oleic acid compose the majority of ], although there may be less than 2.0% as actual free acid in the virgin olive oil, with higher concentrations making the olive oil inedible. It also makes up 59-75% of ],<ref>{{cite journal
| author = Villarreal, J.E., L. Lombardini, and L. Cisneros-Zevallos| title = Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant capacity of different pecan cultivars| journal = Food Chemistry
| volume = 102| issue = 4| pages = 1241–1249| year = 2007| doi = 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.07.024| url = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6R-4M1DB79-2&_user=952835&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1412335994&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000049198&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=952835&md5=589de1e394ce2412a09767a3b5f542be}}</ref> 36-67% of ],<ref>http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/80/3/252</ref> 15-20% of ], ], and ],<ref name=Ullmann>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Alfred Thomas |title=Fats and Fatty Oils|encyclopedia=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry|publisher=Wiley-VCH|place=Weinheim|year=2002|doi=10.1002/14356007.a10_173}}</ref> and 14% of ].<ref name="pmid17093176">{{cite journal
| author = Untoro J, Schultink W, West CE, Gross R, Hautvast JG
| title = Efficacy of oral iodized peanut oil is greater than that of iodized poppy seed oil among Indonesian schoolchildren
| journal = The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
| volume = 84
| issue = 5
| pages = 1208–14
| year = 2006
| month = November
| pmid = 17093176
| doi =
| url =
| issn =
}}</ref>
It is also abundantly present in many animal fats, constituting 37 to 56% of chicken and turkey fat,<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/0837289583682243/</ref> and 44 to 47% of ], etc.


]s of oleic acid comprise the majority of ] (about 70%).<ref name=oleic>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/olive-oil-and-olive-pomace-oil-grades-and-standards |title=Olive Oil and Olive-Pomace Oil Grades and Standards {{!}} Agricultural Marketing Service |website=www.ams.usda.gov |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> It also makes up 59–75% of ],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Villarreal-Lozoya |first1=Jose E. |last2=Lombardini |first2=Leonardo |last3=Cisneros-Zevallos |first3=Luis |year=2007 |title=Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant capacity of different pecan Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch cultivars |journal=Food Chemistry |volume=102 |issue=4 |pages=1241–1249 |doi=10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.07.024}}{{closed access}}</ref> 61% of ] oil,<ref name="ccc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.canola-council.org/canola_resources/product45.aspx |title=Comparison of Dietary Fats Chart |publisher=Canola Council of Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606083831/http://www.canola-council.org/canola_resources/product45.aspx |archive-date=2008-06-06 |access-date=2008-09-03}}</ref> 36–67% of ],<ref name="hopeanut">{{Cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=K. M. |last2=Knauft |first2=D. A. |year=1989 |title=The Inheritance of High Oleic Acid in Peanut |journal=The Journal of Heredity |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=252–3 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110845}}{{closed access}}</ref> 60% of ], 20–80% of ],<ref name="USDA">{{Cite web |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov |title=Nutrient database, Release 25 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}(NDB ID: 04678, 04584)</ref> 15–20% of ], ], 40% of ],<ref name="Ullmann">{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Alfred |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a10_173 |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |year=2000 |isbn=978-3-527-30673-2 |chapter=Fats and Fatty Oils |doi=10.1002/14356007.a10_173 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and 14% of ]. High oleic variants of plant sources such as sunflower (~80%) and canola oil (70%) also have been developed.<ref name="USDA" /> ] contains 52.39% oleic acid.<ref name="Purwanto">{{Cite journal |last1=Purwanto |first1=Y. |last2=Munawaroh |first2=Esti |date=2010 |title=Etnobotani Jenis-Jenis Pandanaceae Sebagai Bahan Pangan di Indonesia |trans-title=Ethnobotany Types of Pandanaceae as Foodstuffs in Indonesia |url=https://rin.lipi.go.id/file.xhtml;jsessionid=ccb24f0a337710227d6d5cecae10?fileId=1258&version=RELEASED&version=.1 |url-status=dead |format=PDF |journal=Berkala Penelitian Hayati |language=id |volume=5A |pages=97–108 |doi=10.5072/FK2/Z6P0OQ |issn=2337-389X |oclc=981032990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029232426/https://rin.lipi.go.id/file.xhtml;jsessionid=ccb24f0a337710227d6d5cecae10?fileId=1258&version=RELEASED&version=.1 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref> It is abundantly present in many animal fats, constituting 37 to 56% of chicken and turkey fat,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nutter |first1=Mary K. |last2=Lockhart |first2=Ernest E. |last3=Harris |first3=Robert S. |year=1943 |title=The chemical composition of depot fats in chickens and turkeys |journal=Oil & Soap |volume=20 |issue=11 |pages=231–4 |doi=10.1007/BF02630880|s2cid=84893770 }}{{closed access}}</ref> and 44 to 47% of ].
Oleic acid is the most abundant fatty acid in human ].<ref>{{cite journal
|journal=American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
|title=Fatty acid composition of human adipose tissue from two anatomical sites in a biracial community
|author=MG Kokatnur, MC Oalmann, WD Johnson, GT Malcom and JP Strong
|volume=32
|pages=2198–2205
|url=http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/11/2198
|pmid=495536
|issue=11
|pages=2198–205
|date= November 1, 1979 }}</ref>


Free oleic acid occurs in oils and fats as a product of the breakdown of triglycerides. Olive oil exceeding 2% ] is graded unfit for human consumption. See {{section link|Fatty acid|Free fatty acids}}.<ref name=oleic/>
===As an insect pheromone===
Oleic acid is emitted by the decaying corpses of a number of insects, including ]s and '']'' ]s, and triggers the instincts of living workers to remove the dead bodies from the ]. If a live bee<ref name=Anies2005>{{cite journal
| author = Anies Hannawati Purnamadjaja, R. Andrew Russell
| year = 2005
| title = Pheromone communication in a robot swarm: necrophoric bee behaviour and its replication
| journal = Robotica
| volume = 23
| issue = 6
| pages = 731–742
| doi = 10.1017/S0263574704001225
}}</ref> or ant<ref name="BroodProt">Ayasse, M, Paxton, R (2002) Brood protection in social insects. In: Hilker, M, Meiners, T (eds.). Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition. Blackwell, Berlin, 117-148.</ref><ref name="imdead">Krulwich, Robert (2009). "Hey I'm Dead! The Story Of The Very Lively Ant" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102601823</ref> is daubed with oleic acid, it is dragged off as if it were dead. The oleic acid smell indicates to living insects how to avoid others that have succumbed to disease or places where predators lurk.<ref>
{{Cite web
| last = Walker
| first = Matt
| date = 2009-09-09
| title = Ancient 'smell of death' revealed
| work = BBC - Earth News
| accessdate = 2009-09-13
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8232000/8232607.stm
}}</ref>


Oleic acid is the most abundant fatty acid in human ],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kokatnur |first1=MG |last2=Oalmann |first2=MC |last3=Johnson |first3=WD |last4=Malcom |first4=GT |last5=Strong |first5=JP |year=1979 |title=Fatty acid composition of human adipose tissue from two anatomical sites in a biracial community |journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |volume=32 |issue=11 |pages=2198–205 |doi=10.1093/ajcn/32.11.2198 |pmid=495536}}{{open access}}</ref> and second in abundance in human tissues overall, following ].
==Production and chemical behavior==


== Production and chemical behavior ==
Oleic acid exhibits many of the reactions of carboxylic acids and ]s. It is soluble in aqueous base to give ] called oleates. Iodine adds across the double bond. Hydrogenation of the double bond yields the ] derivative called ]. ] at the ] occurs slowly in air, and is known as ] in foodstuffs or ] in coatings. ] of the ] group yields ]. ] of oleic acid is an important route to ]. The coproduct is nonanoic acid:<ref>Boy Cornils, Peter Lappe "Dicarboxylic Acids, Aliphatic" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2006, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. {{DOI|10.1002/14356007.a08_523}}</ref>
The ] of oleic acid involves the action of the enzyme ] acting on ]. In effect, ] is ] to give the monounsaturated derivative, oleic acid.<ref name="Ntambi">{{Cite journal |author=Ntambi, James M. |author2=Miyazaki, Makoto |year=2003 |title=Recent insights into stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 |journal=Current Opinion in Lipidology |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=255–61 |doi=10.1097/00041433-200306000-00005 |pmid=12840656|s2cid=45954457 }}</ref>
:H<sub>17</sub>C<sub>8</sub>CH=CHC<sub>7</sub>H<sub>14</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>H + 4"O" → H<sub>17</sub>C<sub>8</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>H + HO<sub>2</sub>CC<sub>7</sub>H<sub>14</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>H

Oleic acid undergoes the typical reactions of carboxylic acids and ]s. It is soluble in ] to give ]s called oleates. Iodine adds across the double bond. Hydrogenation of the double bond yields the ] derivative ]. ] at the ] occurs slowly in air, and is known as ] in foodstuffs and as ] in coatings.

] of the ] group yields ]. ] of oleic acid is an important route to ]. The coproduct is nonanoic acid:<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cornils |first1=Boy |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |last2=Lappe |first2=Peter |year=2000 |isbn=978-3-527-30673-2 |chapter=Dicarboxylic Acids, Aliphatic |doi=10.1002/14356007.a08_523}}</ref>
:{{chem2|H17C8CH\dCHC7H14CO2H + 4"O" → HO2CC7H14CO2H + H17C8CO2H}}
Esters of azelaic acid find applications in lubrication and plasticizers. Esters of azelaic acid find applications in lubrication and plasticizers.


Neutralizing oleic acid with ]s gives the ] ].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01384 |title=Phase Behavior and Physical Properties of New Biobased Ionic Liquid Crystals |date=2017 |last1=Toledo Hijo |first1=Ariel A. C. |last2=Maximo |first2=Guilherme J. |last3=Costa |first3=Mariana C. |last4=Cunha |first4=Rosiane L. |last5=Pereira |first5=Jorge F. B. |last6=Kurnia |first6=Kiki A. |last7=Batista |first7=Eduardo A. C. |last8=Meirelles |first8=Antonio J. A. |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B |volume=121 |issue=14 |pages=3177–3189 |pmid=28332847 }}</ref>
==Uses==
As an ] in pharmaceuticals, oleic acid is used as an emulsifying or solubilizing agent in aerosol products.<ref>
{{Cite book
| isbn = 084933585X, 9780849335853
| pages = 247–248
| last = Smolinske
| first = Susan C.
| title = Handbook of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Excipients
| year = 1992
}}</ref>


== Related compounds ==
==Health effects==
The ] of oleic acid is called ] or ''trans''-9-octadecenoic acid. These isomers have distinct physical properties and biochemical properties. Elaidic acid, the most abundant trans fatty acid in diet, appears to have an adverse effect on health.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Tardy | first1 = Anne-Laure | last2 = Morio | first2 = Beatrice | last3 = Chardigny | first3 = Jean-Michel | last4 = Malpuech-Brugere | first4 = Corinne | year = 2011 | title = Ruminant and industrial sources of trans-fat and cardiovascular and diabetic diseases | journal = Nutrition Research Reviews | volume = 24 | issue = 1| pages = 111–117 | doi = 10.1017/S0954422411000011 | pmid = 21320382 | doi-access = free }}</ref> A reaction that converts oleic acid to elaidic acid is called ].
Oleic acid may hinder the progression of ] (ALD), a fatal disease that affects the brain and adrenal glands.<ref name=NS_Zakeruga>{{cite web
| coauthors = Rizzo WB, Watkins PA, Phillips MW, Cranin D, Campbell B, Avigan J
| title = Adrenoleukodystrophy: oleic acid lowers fibroblast saturated C22-26 fatty acids
| publisher = National Center for Biotechnology Information
| date = 1986-03-03
| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3951702
| accessdate = 2008-10-07 }}
</ref> Oleic and ]ty acid levels in the membranes of red blood cells have been associated with increased risk of ].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Valeria Pala, Vittorio Krogh, Paola Muti, Véronique Chajès, Elio Riboli, Andrea Micheli, Mitra Saadatian, Sabina Sieri, Franco Berrino |title=Erythrocyte Membrane Fatty Acids and Subsequent Breast Cancer: a Prospective Italian Study |journal=JNCL |volume=93 |date= July 18, 2001 |url=http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/93/14/1088 |accessdate=2008-11-30 |pmid=11459870 |issue=14 |pages=1088–95 |doi=10.1093/jnci/93.14.1088}}</ref> Oleic acid may be responsible for the ] (] reducing) effects of olive oil.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1073/pnas.0807500105 |year=2008 |month=September |author=Terés, S; Barceló-Coblijn, G; Benet, M; Alvarez, R; Bressani, R; Halver, Je; Escribá, Pv |title=Oleic acid content is responsible for the reduction in blood pressure induced by olive oil |volume= 105|issue= 37|pages= 13811–6|pmid=18772370 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |pmc=2544536}}</ref>


Another naturally occurring isomer of oleic acid is ].
==References==
{{reflist}}


In chemical analysis, fatty acids are separated by gas chromatography of their methyl ester derivatives. Alternatively, separation of unsaturated isomers is possible by ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Breuer |first1=B. |last2=Fock |first2=H. P. |year=1987 |title=Separation of fatty acids or methyl esters including positional and geometric isomers by alumina argentation thin-layer chromatography |journal=J. Chromatogr. Sci. |volume=25 |issue=7 |pages=302–306 |doi=10.1093/chromsci/25.7.302 |pmid=3611285}}</ref>
==External links==

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In ], '''methyl oleate''', the ''methyl ester'' of the acid, converts to ] and methyl 9-]:<ref>{{ cite journal | last1 = Marinescu | first1 = Smaranda C. | last2 = Schrock | first2 = Richard R. | last3 = Müller | first3 = Peter | last4 = Hoveyda | first4 = Amir H. | title = Ethenolysis Reactions Catalyzed by Imido Alkylidene Monoaryloxide Monopyrrolide (MAP) Complexes of Molybdenum | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 2009 | volume = 131 | issue = 31 | pages = 10840–10841 | doi = 10.1021/ja904786y | pmid=19618951}}</ref>
:{{chem2|CH3(CH2)7CH\dCH(CH2)7CO2Me + '''CH2\dCH2''' -> CH3(CH2)7CH\d'''CH2''' + MeO2C(CH2)7CH\d'''CH2'''}}

==Dietary sources==
{{Vegetable oils, composition}}

== Uses ==
]
Oleic acid is used as a component in many foods, in the form of its triglycerides. It is a component of the normal human diet, being a part of animal fats and vegetable oils.

Oleic acid as its sodium salt is a major component of soap as an ]. It is also used as an ].<ref name="Carrasco">{{Cite book |last=Carrasco |first=F. |title=Diccionario de Ingredientes |year=2009 |isbn=978-84-613-4979-1 |edition=4th |page=428 |chapter=Ingredientes Cosméticos|publisher=Francisco Carrasco Otero }}</ref> Small amounts of oleic acid are used as an ] in pharmaceuticals, and it is used as an emulsifying or solubilizing agent in aerosol products.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smolinske |first=Susan C. |title=Handbook of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Excipients |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-8493-3585-3 |pages=247–8|publisher=CRC Press }}</ref>

] found that oleic acid is used by ants; when a dead ant's corpse begins to emit oleic acid, other ants in the ] transport it away to the ant refuse pile.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=E. O. |last2=Durlach |first2=N. I. |last3=Roth |first3=L. M. |date=December 1958 |title=Chemical Releasers of Necrophoric Behavior in Ants |journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |language=en |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=108–114 |doi=10.1155/1958/69391 |issn=0033-2615 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Hey I'm Dead!' The Story Of The Very Lively Ant |website=] |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2009/04/01/102601823/hey-im-dead-the-story-of-the-very-lively-ant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How ants determine the death of another ant {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/video/193428/Edward-O-Wilson-ants-research-ant |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Diez |first1=Lise |last2=Moquet |first2=Laura |last3=Detrain |first3=Claire |date=2013-12-01 |title=Post-mortem Changes in Chemical Profile and their Influence on Corpse Removal in Ants |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0365-1 |journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology |language=en |volume=39 |issue=11 |pages=1424–1432 |doi=10.1007/s10886-013-0365-1 |pmid=24242873 |bibcode=2013JCEco..39.1424D |s2cid=254654298 |issn=1573-1561}}</ref>

=== Niche uses ===
Oleic acid is used to induce lung damage in certain types of animals for the purpose of testing new drugs and other means to treat lung diseases. Specifically in sheep, intravenous administration of oleic acid causes acute lung injury with corresponding ].<ref name="sheep">{{Cite journal |last1=Julien |first1=M |last2=Hoeffel |first2=JM |last3=Flick |first3=MR |year=1986 |title=Oleic acid lung injury in sheep |journal=Journal of Applied Physiology |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=433–40 |doi=10.1152/jappl.1986.60.2.433 |pmid=3949648}}</ref>

Oleic acid is used as a soldering flux in stained glass work for joining ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duncan |first=Alastair |title=The Technique of Leaded Glass |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-486-42607-5 |pages=77|publisher=Dover Publications }}</ref>

== Health effects ==

Oleic acid is the most common ] in the human diet (~90% of all monounsaturated fats).<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Schwingshackl L, Hoffmann G|year=2014|title=Monounsaturated fatty acids, olive oil and health status: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies|journal=Lipids in Health and Disease|volume=13|issue=|pages=154|pmid=25274026|doi=10.1186/1476-511X-13-154|pmc=4198773 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Monounsaturated fat consumption has been associated with decreased ] (LDL) cholesterol, and possibly with increased ] (HDL) cholesterol.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_krames_template.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcnszSzcontentzSzkrameszSz1292_01zPzhtm |title=You Can Control Your Cholesterol: A Guide to Low-Cholesterol Living |publisher=] Inc. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303124418/http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_krames_template.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcnszSzcontentzSzkrameszSz1292_12zPzhtm |archive-date=2009-03-03 |access-date=2009-03-14}}</ref> Oleic acid may be responsible for the ] (] reducing) effects of ] that is considered a health benefit.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Teres |first1=S. |last2=Barcelo-Coblijn |first2=G. |last3=Benet |first3=M. |last4=Alvarez |first4=R. |last5=Bressani |first5=R. |last6=Halver |first6=J. E. |last7=Escriba |first7=P. V. |year=2008 |title=Oleic acid content is responsible for the reduction in blood pressure induced by olive oil |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=105 |issue=37 |pages=13811–6 |bibcode=2008PNAS..10513811T |doi=10.1073/pnas.0807500105 |jstor=25464133 |pmc=2544536 |pmid=18772370|doi-access=free }}</ref> A 2017 review found that diets enriched in oleic acid are beneficial for regulating body weight.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tutunchi|first1=Helda|last2=Ostadrahimi|first2=Alireza|last3=Saghafi-Asl|first3=Maryam|year=2020|title=The Effects of Diets Enriched in Monounsaturated Oleic Acid on the Management and Prevention of Obesity: a Systematic Review of Human Intervention Studies|journal=Advances in Nutrition|url=https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/11/4/864/5782385|volume=11|issue=4|pages=864–877|pmid=32135008|doi=10.1093/advances/nmaa013|pmc=7360458}}</ref>

The United States ] has approved a health claim on reduced risk of coronary heart disease for high oleic (> 70% oleic acid) oils.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nutrition |first1=Center for Food Safety and Applied |title=FDA Completes Review of Qualified Health Claim Petition for Oleic Acid and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease |url=https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-completes-review-qualified-health-claim-petition-oleic-acid-and-risk-coronary-heart-disease |website=FDA |language=en |date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Some oil plants have cultivars bred to increase the amount of oleic acid in the oils. In addition to providing a health claim, the heat stability and shelf life may also be improved, but only if the increase in monounsaturated oleic acid levels correspond to a substantial reduction in polyunsaturated fatty acid (especially ]) content.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aladedunye |first1=Felix |last2=Przybylski |first2=Roman |title=Frying stability of high oleic sunflower oils as affected by composition of tocopherol isomers and linoleic acid content |journal=Food Chemistry |date=December 2013 |volume=141 |issue=3 |pages=2373–2378 |doi=10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.05.061|pmid=23870970 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Properties of High Oleic Seed Oils |url=https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/properties-of-high-oleic-seed-oils.html |website=Oklahoma State University Extension |language=en |date=19 November 2020}}</ref> When the saturated fat or trans fat in a ] is replaced with a stable high oleic oil, consumers may be able to avoid certain ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=High-oleic canola oils and their food applications |url=https://www.aocs.org/stay-informed/inform-magazine/featured-articles/high-oleic-canola-oils-and-their-food-applications-september-2012 |website=The American Oil Chemists' Society}}</ref><ref name=Canada>{{cite book|isbn=0-662-43689-X|author=Trans Fat Task Force|title=TRANSforming the Food Supply|date=June 2006|publisher=Trans Fat Task Force |url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/gras-trans-fats/tf-ge/tf-gt_rep-rap_e.html|access-date=7 January 2007}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ] – the corresponding amine
* ] – the corresponding amide

== References ==
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== External links ==
* (The AOCS Lipid Library)
* (NIST Chemistry Webbook)


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