- a long chain saturated fatty acid
- found in coconut oil and dairy fats
- the body uses in stabilizing proteins, some of which are used by the immune system and in fighting against tumors
- necessary for a bodily process called myristoylation, in which this fatty acid attaches with a protein and the two function together
- epigenetic-type influence on tumor suppressing genes - are able to turn on tumor suppressing genes
- in general it plays an important role in the activation of cellular functioning
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