Myristic acid is a chemical reagent featuring a carboxylic acid along a saturated C14 chain. The carboxylic acid is readily bound to amines or alcohols via amide or ester bonds respectively. Compounds such as this may be used as intermediates in building lipids for use in lipid nanoparticles. Myristic acid was first isolated from nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) in 1841, from which it gets its name.
