Talk:Oleic acid

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[1] This article say there is a correlation between this acid and reducing the risk of breast cancer


I found the boiling point listed as 360 C on a link from the American Chemical Society's webpage: http://membership.acs.org/c/ccs/pubs/CLIPS/JCE20020024.pdf

The boiling point temperature is listed here as 194-195 C.

[edit] Foods rich in oleic acid

Please add a list with foods containing oleic acid

Olive oil

[edit] Dead insects

I removed the comment on bees having to give consent before being removed from the hive, as it seems to be vandalism — it doesn't make sense. What kind of mental state would a bee have to be in to give consent to being dragged from the hive? (Oh, that's OK, I was feeling dead on my feet anyway. I'll be back once I have cleaned this smell of death off my thorax.) --Slashme 10:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)