SHEET /m/erucic-acid · PubChem CID 5281116 · CAS 112-86-7 · REV 2026.07
Erucic acid from source
C22H42O2 · 338.6 g/mol
(Z)-Docos-13-enoic acid · cis-13-Docosenoic acid · 13-Docosenoic acid, (Z)- · 13-cis-Docosenoic acid
chemical compound
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
CCCCCCCC/C=C\CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Where you'll find it
Not yet mapped to everyday foods or products.
The dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Erucic acid is 19,431.7 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
19,431.7 mg/kg · very low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
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