Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Lesquerolic acid is a hydroxy acid that occurs naturally in Paysonia lasiocarpa and other Paysonia and Physaria species. It was first isolated in 1961 by a team from the Northern Regional Research Laboratory. This compound has the R configuration at the alcohol-bearing stereocenter and it is of the Z configuration at the olefin. Lesquerolic acid is chemically similar to ricinoleic acid but with two additional carbons at the carboxyl end of the carbon chain.
