Mero acids

[mansipan]

what are meroacids, i find the term used only in mycolic acid metabolism

[John Cuthber]

According to this

http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC544180

 

"Meroacid is defined in this review as the long α-alkyl chain of mycolic acid that is released as a meroaldehyde by pyrolytic cleavage and is oxidized by a separate reaction to the fatty acid "

 

They seem to be pretty obscure.

[mansipan]

Thanku very much!