Sorry folks.I had a "fat finger" episode - here's the missing info:
*** So, I did do some research and found the following informative websites: This has some good information on how to use it: http://arthritis-symptom.com/cetyl-myristoleate.htm Here's where I found the information on how cetyl myristoleate was found/identified: http://www.jaredstory.com/cetyl.html and the founder: Harry Diehl's patent is here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2 <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2F netahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=43&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=cetyl&s2=m yristoleate&OS=cetyl+AND+myristoleate&RS=cetyl+AND+myristoleate> &Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=43&f=G&l=50&co1=A ND&d=PTXT&s1=cetyl&s2=myristoleate&OS=cetyl+AND+myristoleate&RS=cetyl+AND+my ristoleate and this is a way of creating cetyl myristoleate synthetically (as opposed to his first method of extracting it from mice) EXAMPLE III A charge of 150 mg of cetyl alcohol, 150 mg of myristoleic acid, 50 mg of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate of 20 ml of benzene were heated together under reflux conditions for four hours and then washed with a -10% sodium hydroxide solution. The benzene layer was recovered, dried and evaporated in vacuo. This procedure produced 300 mg of a mobile oil which was identified as cetyl myristoleate (v.sub.max.sup.neat 1782 cm.sup.-1) (nuclear-magnetic-resonance and infrared spectroscopy). So, ultimately I believe I have found the "recipe" on how to make it: however, I'm no chemist and wouldn't have a clue as to how to do the above. Is there anybody out there that would be able to put it in layman's terms?!?!?!?! Lisa
