Table 12.3: The melting temperature of phosphatidylcholine containing different pairs of identical fatty acid chains
   

Fatty acid

Number of carbons

Number of double bonds

Common name

Systematic name

Tm (°C)

22

0

Behenate

n-Docosanote

 75

18

0

Stearate

n-Octadecanoate

 58

16

0

Palmitate

n-Hexadecanoate

 41

14

0

Myristate

n-Tetradecanoate

 24

18

1

Oleate

cis9-Octadecenoate

−22